Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:23:14 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Canada to Start Punishing People for Pre-Crime Content-Language: en-US Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <17bc1dd7c9d7d04f$139926$2218499$46d50c60@news.newsdemon.com> From: moviePig In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 44 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 22:23:16 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 2740 X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17bc2498b33e6a54$353$2820980$c4d58e68@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 3119 On 3/12/2024 6:14 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > 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. That's like calling something wrong when you simply don't understand it.