Another politician who doesn't get it. According to WTVQ/Lexington,
Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous posting online illegal. The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site. Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted. If the bill becomes law, the website operator would have to pay if someone was allowed to post anonymously on their site. The fine would be $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for each offense after that. Representative Couch says he filed the bill in hopes of cutting down on online bullying. Representative Couch says enforcing this bill if it became law would be a challenge.Ya think? Is Kentucky, or the federal government, going to start monitoring the comments posted on every blog and website? Impossible. There's also no way for website operators to check whether a commenter is using their real name. Even if you register with me, how am I going to verify your information (without accessing the Patriot Act database, of course)?
Feel free to comment, but please make up a funny bogus name -- no real names allowed.
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Like writing an anonymous letter to the editor (newspapers) never gets published.....right.
This is serious el toto poopoo...
This is another effort to put law abiding people through hassles while the people this law is designed for can bypass the hurdles easily.
C'mon, you can do better than Heywood Jablowme, can't you?
Recognize the name? Former Kentucky and NFL quarterback (Cleveland I think). Too bad he didn't make it in the pros.
This is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and I applaud Congressman Couch for his effort to curtail on-line bullying (that's my job after all!)
Ha ha!
Too busy resigning as governor to comment right now. Sorry.
I think this is a wonderful idea. or so my mommy says.
So, if it is $500 each for these posts, how much for having my wall spray painted with graffiti? How about not giving my real name to talk radio? Is Kentucky going to fine the radio stations? Glad to know that things are going so well in Kentucky that they can pass planet wide laws and then enforce them.
I can't believe how moronic my knee-jerk reaction to some of these online bullying situations was. The legislation I proposed is totally non-enforceble, technically infeasable and in the words of John Jobst of Columbia, Illinois, "Just plain stupid!" I am withdrawing my bill this afternoon. Thank you Mr. Harris for bringing this to my attention.
well, now the govt has just gone too far
i completely agree with Heywood Jablome.
This is Mickey Mouse checking in! Come and get me...
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