Proposing New Legislation to Protect Public Information

by Will Potter on April 17, 2008

in Terrorism Legislation

phone bookIn light of the recent legislation pending in California that would prohibit the publication of public information on websites–but only websites run by animal rights activists–I have a modest proposal that I think will go a long way to making the country even safer:

An amendment to the Animal Enterprise Protection Act, AB2296

Whereas the AB 2296 states that “no person, business, or association shall knowingly publicly post or publicly display on the Internet a home address, home telephone number, or image of any employee of an animal enterprise or other individuals residing at the same home address of the employee of an animal enterprise.”

Whereas the bill specifically notes, “‘Publicly post’ or ‘publicly display’ means to intentionally communicate or otherwise make available to the general public.”

Whereas the bill spells out harsh penalties for animal rights activists who republish publicly-available information.

Whereas “eco-terrorism” is the number one domestic terrorism threat, and there should be no limit to the roll back of civil liberties in the name of fighting the War on Terrorism.

Whereas the great state of Oregon has gone so far as to argue that state laws, although public information, can’t be republished.

Be it resolved that animal rights activists are no longer allowed to own the Yellow Pages, or any variation thereof.

And further, be it resolved that animal rights activists are not allowed to use the World Wide Interweb, also known as a series of tubes, including but not limited to the Intertron search utility known as “Google,” without the supervision of law enforcement or a court-appointed corporate surrogate.

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