Path: local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 22:07:39 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Canada to Start Punishing People for Pre-Crime References: <17bc1dd7c9d7d04f$139926$2218499$46d50c60@news.newsdemon.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:14:20 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 39 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-k9bwbXWuKebeJr0IDUnY4PZ4uHfyYQI4Y9HNnK56pxPZ09Pfxm7BRZHJKLBISXtSA+DGNO7lnUDFmLy!ZVhP/KOVpvVpyYjsbQeJ1a1SA3FyKeld7Iq3/OSUU3BA7QlDwUKYVHyc5kDKtTGNcUqtaULAdpmc!td4RxVc3yK992uQFMfjpGFT4HlpPsMlGObvbn+0W5SLbXg== X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2990 In article <17bc1dd7c9d7d04f$139926$2218499$46d50c60@news.newsdemon.com>, moviePig wrote: > On 3/12/2024 3:07 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > > In article , > > shawn wrote: > >> Again this is being discussed for what someone might do and not what > >> they actually have done? At least so far as I know when such > >> restrictions on people using the Internet in the USA it has been in > >> reaction to things that they've actually done like with Kevin Mitnick. > > > > I've never understood how you can sentence someone to no internet use in > > today's world anyway. You use the internet in a million different ways > > every day. > > > > How could you do any banking at all? Even in-person banking at an ATM > > uses the internet. Or pay for something with a credit/debit card? Again, > > that's using the internet. > > > > When you get on an elevator in an office building, you're using the > > internet because the elevator is connected to the building's remote > > management system and uses the internet to control things like elevators > > from some remote location. > > > > Driving a car uses the internet. Most modern cars have dozens of > > internet-enabled features, especially the fancier ones that can > > 'self-drive'. > > > > Even simply watching TV now is using the internet. Not just streaming, > > either. Watching cable TV is using the internet also. > > > > Anyone sentenced to no internet use as a condition of parole will likely > > violate it before they leave the courthouse. > > That's like saying you use nuclear power if you get a suntan. No, it's not really like saying that at all.