Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!peter_alau@playstation.sony.com From: matth@bellatlantic.net (Matthew Hulett) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: mailing lists Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 06:21:42 GMT Organization: SCEA News Server Lines: 33 Message-ID: <3552a254.68280537@news.scea.sony.com> References: <35469E55.A55E0C15@hotmail.com> <6i6f16$cv04@scea> <354A7275.FA4AC277@sinclair.net> <1d8ecrv.1pc4pax1bz3cxsN@a1-88-103.a1.nl> <354D55FC.E496BA8F@sinclair.net> <1d8i0mp.41gwdabmuw4pN@a1-88-137.a1.nl> <354e0587.46010790@news.scea.sony.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: client-120-21.bellatlantic.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 > Well, I hate to admit this, but puritanism is alive and well in the >States, we aren't quite as socially evolved as you wonderful Dutch >folks, and issues concerning 'decency laws' are why we can access your Just in case anyone missed my point, or was wondering what the heck I was talking about, here is a beautiful example of what goes on here in the States... In January 1998, Representative Bobby Moak (R-MS) proposed House Bill 192 dubbed "Smoke a Joint, Lose a Limb." Section One states: "In lieu of any other penalty prescribed by law, the court may allow any person who is convicted for a violation of the Controlled Substances Law to have a body part removed. The convicted person and the court must agree on which body part shall be removed." ... hence why I have a federal government link on my page. Here's another fine example of U.S. policy... On a more grisly note, under a bill filed in the Missouri State legislature, inmates on death row may soon be given the option of having their sentence commuted to life without parole in exchange for a healthy, transplantable internal organ. I rest my case. I love the internet, our crappy news services are too busy covering glitzy stuff to report on news like this. There are many examples of this kind of approach to social policy in the States. Forgive me for getting off-topic, noting this is a thread on mailing lists. -Matt