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- From: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed)
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- Subject: From the Commonwealth to 53rd State
- Date: 21 Dec 92 18:10:58 GMT
- Organization: Australian National University
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- gwydion@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Mercenary Programmer) writes:
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- >Avalon>No, you sue those responsible if there are sufficient grounds.
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- >Gwydion>I must confess to a curiousity as to how many invasion of privacy
- >Gwydion>lawsuits can be justifiably brought against you. Several hundred
- >Gwydion>have been suggested; I wouldn't go much farther than a few dozen,
- >Gwydion>myself.
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- >Troy>Actually there appear to be several laws that a case could be made
- >Troy>under. Several of them would be test cases though. All it's waiting
- >Troy>for is somebody with the funds and motivation to initiate a suit.
-
- >Hmm.. How much funds are we talking about here?
-
- So when does Australia become the 53rd state ?
- Where do I sign the petitions for/against it ?
-
- Sorry if this is too subtle for some, stupid law cases iritate me to the
- extreme and America and lawyers live off them.
-
- Avalon
-
- Say no to lining the pockets of legal eagles.
-