Arizona bans trolling

[obin_gam]

HOUSE BILL 2549

It is unlawful for any person, with intent to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend, to use any electronic or digital device and use any obscene, lewd or profane language or suggest any lewd or lascivious act, or threaten to inflict physical harm to the person or property of any person.

I've gotta feeling this will do the exact opposite of its intent

 

[KalMart]

HOUSE BILL 2549

It is unlawful for any person, with intent to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend, to use any electronic or digital device and use any obscene, lewd or profane language or suggest any lewd or lascivious act, or threaten to inflict physical harm to the person or property of any person.......


.......unless they're Hispanic.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

oh that Arizona. what'll they come up with next?

 

[Kane52630]

I guess thebumwhowalks can't enter Arizona.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

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[Thebumwhowalks]

I guess thebumwhowalks can't enter Arizona.

how anyone can laugh at such an obvious joke is beyond me.

Anyway, let's see what we got here, we got the word 'Ari' and zona, i guess you could make a joke about the dude from Entourage being encased in a large sheet of glass and being whisked away into space...nah....not funny enough, not funny at all...

eh, what is Arizona known for? deserts? where do they plug their computers into? ...100% not funny....

Are I zone A? no.

Ariz sounds like Arse
on
a

...so Arseona spelled backwards means 'people sat on a arse'... on computers...and they are sent to the Arse zone A if they hassle people that way?

Nah, too complicated, no jokes here, joke free zone, forget it, the master tried and failed, the rest of you have no chance.

yours sincerely Professor Arse(joke school)
bum bayou
Arseizona

 

[DarkSovereignty]

there are no words to describe what I just witnessed.

 

[Duke]

there are no words to describe what I just witnessed.

Maybe an incoherent or illogical babble?

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

So basically Arizona is outlawing the 1st amendment?

 

[DarkSovereignty]

yep.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

So basically Arizona is outlawing the 1st amendment?

No, people can still say what they want, but if they abuse that freedom by harrassing other people, they can be prosecuted for it, just as there are laws protecting people from being followed down the street having insults thrown at them, here they've extended that to the same kind of harrassment over communication devices, just the same the law protecting people from crank phone calls.

 

[obin_gam]

^ wait, prank phone calls are a crime?

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

^ wait, prank phone calls are a crime?

I'm pretty sure they are over here, y'know, if they are serious, they are just difficult to catch.

edit: and I said 'crank', not 'prank', prank suggests something far less sinister.

 

[obin_gam]

ah, never heard of "crank phone calls" before, I assumed it meant the same.

 

[Victarion]

TOR/7 proxies etc. blah blah.

 

[random_havoc]

Without having extremely specific guidelines as to exactly when this law is enforced it is only a matter of time before it is used to wildly abuse people's rights.

 

[SuperFerret]

ah, never heard of "crank phone calls" before, I assumed it meant the same.

Psst... it does.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

Psst... it does.

eh, do i really need to explain this to you? i guess i do...or maybe i don't since you are just trying to be a smartass, and failing... he changed the word i was using, and seemed surprised that folk could get into trouble for this, so i assumed he meant friends or someone doing a harmless joke...whereas I meant 'crank' , as in, someone who is genuinely trying to upset or terrorise someone with repeated disturbing, harrassing phone calls. whenever i have heard that word used , it has been to describe these types of serious attempts at harrassment.
They should never use the word 'prank' for these types of calls, the police wouldn't anyway, because it would be the wrong word, the wrong meaning, for that type of activity.
edit: it would be insulting to the victim of the serious abuse, and anyone else who used the word prank for such activities would just be flat out using the wrong word.

 

[Drizzle]

how anyone can laugh at such an obvious joke is beyond me.

Anyway, let's see what we got here, we got the word 'Ari' and zona, i guess you could make a joke about the dude from Entourage being encased in a large sheet of glass and being whisked away into space...nah....not funny enough, not funny at all...

eh, what is Arizona known for? deserts? where do they plug their computers into? ...100% not funny....

Are I zone A? no.

Ariz sounds like Arse
on
a

...so Arseona spelled backwards means 'people sat on a arse'... on computers...and they are sent to the Arse zone A if they hassle people that way?

Nah, too complicated, no jokes here, joke free zone, forget it, the master tried and failed, the rest of you have no chance.

yours sincerely Professor Arse(joke school)
bum bayou
Arseizona

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[Duke]

Crank & prank calls are the same thing.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

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yep, as i said, a joke-free zone, as you have now realised, as you have depended on someone else's gag.

 

[SuperFerret]

eh, do i really need to explain this to you? i guess i do...or maybe i don't since you are just trying to be a smartass, and failing... he changed the word i was using, and seemed surprised that folk could get into trouble for this, so i assumed he meant friends or someone doing a harmless joke...whereas I meant 'crank' , as in, someone who is genuinely trying to upset or terrorise someone with repeated disturbing, harrassing phone calls. whenever i have heard that word used , it has been to describe these types of serious attempts at harrassment.
Yes, folk have probably used 'crank' to describe harmless joke phonecalls, but they would never use the word 'prank' for these types of calls, the police wouldn't anyway, because it would be the wrong word, the wrong meaning, for that type of activity.

Nope.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prank_call

A prank call (also known as a crank call)...

SHA-f***ing-ZAM!

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[Thebumwhowalks]

Crank & prank calls are the same thing.

only for people who don't know the meaning of words, ie those who can't read properly.

 

[Duke]

This will the whole crank/prank issue to rest:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prank_call

Prank call

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A prank call (also known as a crank call) is a form of practical joke done over the telephone. Prank phone calls began to gain an America-wide following over a period of many years, as they gradually became a staple of the obscure and amusing cassette tapes traded amongst musicians, sound engineers, and media traders beginning in the late 1970s. Among the most famous and earliest recorded prank calls are the Tube Bar prank calls tapes, which centered around Louis "Red" Deutsch. Comedian Jerry Lewis was an incorrigible phone prankster, and recordings of his hijinks, dating from the 1960s and possibly earlier, still circulate throughout the country to this day.
Even very prominent people have fallen victim to prank callers, as for example Elizabeth II, who was fooled by Canadian DJ Pierre Brassard posing as Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, asking her to record a speech in support of Canadian unity ahead of the 1995 Quebec referendum.[1] Two other particularly famous examples of prank calls were made by the Miami-based radio station Radio El Zol. In one, they telephoned Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez and spoke to him, pretending to be Cuban president Fidel Castro.[2] They later reversed the prank, calling Castro and pretending to be Chávez. Castro began swearing at the pranksters live on air after they revealed themselves.[3] Radio El Zol was fined $4,000 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States for the second prank.[why?]

 

[SuperFerret]

Ironic that this is an alternate definition of "crank".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crank_(person)