Rep. wants law to make everyone online post real names

[maseman]

http://www.wtvq.com/content/midatlantic/tvq/video.apx.-content-articles-TVQ-2008-03-05-0011.html

Kentucky Lawmaker Wants to Make Anonymous Internet Posting Ilegal


By Kellie Wilson
E-mail | Biography
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.




>>I say that this is fine as long as all of Hannity's callers, Rush's callers, Laura Ingraham's callers and Michael (WEINER) Savage's callers have to say their full name, city and phone number on the air with each call.

Cordially,

Craven Morehead

[Deja Q]

1. Fine by me, if applied equally.

And that rhymes, whoopie!

Signed
Toad, Hypno (Hyp for short... "Hi, I'm Hyp!")
:D

[Fovea]

2. Because the first amendment is so 18th-20th C.

This is what happens when people run for office who have an imperfect understanding of high school civics.

[atommom]

3. Internet stalkers would just love that. nt

[bdamomma]

4. again trying to squelch our civil liberties.

SOB's all of them.

[Warren DeMontague]

5. "Tim Couch"? ...sounds like an alias. nt

[maseman]

6. Not the former Browns QB I hope...

[Uncle Joe]

7. I believe this would primarily make it easier for those with power, wealth and the one way

corporate media megaphones to attack the messengers as opposed to the message or messages. They basically would love to transform us in to the new corporate media dominated by those at the top with with the power and wealth, at the expense of those with the ideas.

I believe they're afraid of true democracy or the closest thing to it in existence today, that being the Internet.

[aroach]

8. What about COPPA?

That is expressly forbidden by COPPA. At least for site users under thirteen. I guess my duaghter would have to kiss her Barbie Girl chat rooms good-bye.

[Thurston Howell III]

9. He is insane!

[Faux pas]

10. Sheesh, and how would they know if it was your real name or not?

They gonna have a whole new branch of government to name check? What an f-ing 'moran'.

[jmowreader]

11. The most prolific poster on the entire internets...

Real name: George W. Bush
Address: Prairie Chapel Pig Farm, Crawford, Texas
E-mail: [e-mail]

[SalmonChantedEvening]

12. Couch goes Sofa^King outta his mind

IP Address. ISP. Account. Name.

There.

I live in a LazyBoy and I figured that one out.