source: Epoch Times via ZeroHedge

"New UK Internet Policing Law Targets US Online Forums"

Online forums based in the United States that rely on First Amendment protections are getting caught up in internet regulations in the UK, where they now risk being blocked under recent legislation.

Under the OSA (Online Safety Act), sites that allow user interaction, including forums, must have completed an illegal harm risk assessment by March 16 and submitted it to Ofcom by March 31.

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Sorry about the screaming.
I wrote this 33 years ago for a BBS in Alto Vista CA through a WorldGroup BBS link that our son was running through (2) 56k modems and a phone line in our Cape Coral house.

<I post them as I get them. DT>

IN ANOTHER PLACE, ANOTHER TIME, THESE CONDITIONS MIGHT BE CONSIDERED INTOLERABLE. 
BUT HERE IN THE SHROUD OF DARKNESS IT’S PRESENCE REIGNS SUPREME, FOR IT IS…AN ENTITY OF THE NIGHT.

THE MASSIVE BULK, ONE HUNDRED TIMES LARGER THAN IT’S MOST COMMON ADVERSARY, ALONG WITH A NEVER ENDING HUNGER, TO KILL AND DEVOUR, IS PERPETUAL MOTION ON PATROL. 

SENSES TUNED TO RAZOR ACCURACY, NOTHING STANDS IN IT’S WAY. 

A SMALL CREATURE SHUDDERS IN IT’S BLACK, DAMP RECESS AS THE TELL TALE SIGNS SHOW THAT IMMINENT DANGER IS APPARENT. 
PARALYZED WITH FEAR, THE POTENTIAL VICTIM HOLDS IT’S BREATH, BLOOD COURSING THROUGH IT’S ARTERIES AT OVER FOUR HUNDRED BEATS A MINUTE, IT IS TIME TO DIE.
BUT THROUGH MILLIONS OF YEARS OF EVOLUTION THE SMALL CREATURE HAS DEVELOPED IT’S RESOURCES ALSO. 

THE PRIMARY REASONS FOR BEING, ARE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE LIFE WEB. 
PROCREATE AND IMPROVE. 
WITHOUT THESE, NO LIFE CAN BE. 
THIS IS HOW IT LIVES. 

SELF DEFENSE AND NUTRITIONAL ACQUISITIONS ARE TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED TO SUPPLEMENT THOSE EFFORTS.
STEALTH AND COURAGE, OR BLIND FEAR, TO TAKE A CHANCE AND THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY TO PERSEVERE, ARE THE TOOLS OF THE SMALL CREATURE. 

IT IS STRICTLY DEFENSIVE TO THOSE LARGER THAN ITSELF. 
TO THOSE OF THE DIMINUTIVE NATURE, THE OBVERSE IS SIMILARLY TRUE. PREY BECOMES PREDATOR.

THE LAST PAGE IN THE LIFE STORY OF ALL SMALL CREATURES IS SIMILAR. 
A FIGHT TO THE END, OR SUCCUMB AS A VICTIM. 
IN IT’S FINAL DEATH SPIRAL, ULTIMATELY, IT TOO CAN WIN. 

ERRATIC CONVULSING AND FLAILING MAY SOMETIMES INFLICT WOUNDS THAT EVENTUALLY DEFEAT THE ASSAILANT.

AT FIRST, THIS MAY SEEM TO BE A FINAL ACT OF RETALIATION. 
MORE THAN LIKELY IT WILL SERVE TO TEACH THE AGGRESSOR TO BE MORE CAREFUL NEXT TIME….IF IT’S WOUNDS ARE NOT FATAL.

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