Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:58:44 -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> <17bc2498b33e6a54$353$2820980$c4d58e68@news.newsdemon.com> From: moviePig In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 55 Path: ...!news.snarked.org!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 22:58:44 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 3465 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17bc2688217d3e73$486$2601257$cad58068@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 3861 On 3/12/2024 6:47 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > In article <17bc2498b33e6a54$353$2820980$c4d58e68@news.newsdemon.com>, > moviePig wrote: > >> 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. > > While I will admit that due to your purposeful word games and > legerdemain, it's often hard to understand what the hell you're talking > about, in this case, no, it's not really like saying that at all. So, one is to assume that your unsupported dismissal of my analogy arises from a thorough yet strangely withheld insight...