Captain's Quarters questions whether German troop should be part of UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon: "A real peacekeeping force will have to open fire on anyone violating a DMZ. Can anyone imagine the public relations nightmare if German forces started shooting Jews...?"
Dvorak Uncensored points out that the Convention on Cybercrime treaty would require the FBI to enforce other countries' internet laws here: "So, if China wants to censure criticism of their government, the FBI will stop US citizens from criticizing China’s government because we have to enforce their law here? What about porn? One country has laws against it on the net, so is this how ultra-conservatives end it here? Then if the US government pressures a foreign country to enact a law against something it could never get outlawed here, does this law suddenly allow it to be enforced here? Is enactment of a non-net version next?"Gothamist reports on a criminal who put his return address on an envelope he claimed had anthrax in it. "The NY Post says the 18 year old also put his birthday on the envelope; why, we're not sure, but maybe to show he can be tried as an adult."
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