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Re: Extra Prison Time for Everyone: So Don't Worry?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nilsphone@aol.com)
Mon Sep 29 16:51:19 1997
From: Nilsphone@aol.com
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 16:28:09 -0400 (EDT)
To: unicorn@schloss.li, kentborg@borg.org, cryptography@c2.net
cc: edk@mcig.com, bengt@skansberget.com, sg@acm.org
In a message dated 97-09-29 14:30:51 EDT, you write:
>
> >Does the sweeping nature of this proposal, plus a little bit of "equal
> >protection" end up making it completely impractical and so moot?
>
> No. Witness e.g., "wire fraud" or "mail fraud." Same thing, different
> technology.
>
This is what makes this kind of legislation so scary. Ten years for two
19-year olds talking on a cellphone about conning a sixpack out of the local
liquor store.
Regards
Nils Andersson
