Former LSD User Got Into Trouble By Posting His Story On The Internet

Discussion in 'Computers and The Internet' started by skip, Aug 17, 2007.

  1. skip

    skip Founder Administrator

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    Looks like the US is now searching the Internet for info about people entering the US, and possibly for other reasons.

    This guy took LSD 30 something years ago and wrote about it, and thus was denied entry to the US by border guards who looked his name up on the Internet.

    http://www.losangelesfreepress.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=118&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=2384&hn=losangelesfreepress&he=.com

    Moral: NEVER EVER USE YOUR REAL NAME ONLINE!!!

    BTW, I hereby welcome back the LA FREE PRESS into existence! (They just wrote me to tell me they're back!)

    Long may it live and spread the TRUTH! :)
     
    skip, Aug 17, 2007
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  3. hitman38

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    now that was just not right for them to do him that way i mean that was a very raw deal............so what if he did lsd 30 years ago..........them border guards should be fired for not alllowing him to cross.......worse thing they used the internet to look it up
     
    hitman38, Aug 17, 2007
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  5. JibberJabber

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    That's the craziest thing I've read in awhile. I wonder if there's something we could do to protest this sort of treatment. It's absurd...he doesn't even have a criminal record.

    Edit: I found another article on the subject...Feldmar isn't the first to be barred for some BS reason under the Patriot Act, and likely isn't going to be the last. The ACLU is taking action, but it will probably be years before anything is resolved.

    You can read more at : http://thetyee.ca/News/2007/04/23/Feldmar/
     
    JibberJabber, Aug 17, 2007
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  7. skip

    skip Founder Administrator

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    Why do you think the US gov't just put into effect a law that requires Europeans and others who don't normally apply for visa to visit the US to provide two days notice to US authorities?

    They're gonna check them out on the Internet (and elsewhere). And if someone's name pops up on some site with a reference to drugs, or being an activist, or even to SYMPATHY with terrorists they will probably be denied entry before they ever get on a plane!

    Just think! This is JUST THE START of our Gov't learning how to SPY on everyone. Next step is to apply this to Americans. Why should we be immune from spying?

    Oh that's right! WE ARE NO LONGER IMMUNE FROM OUR GOV'T SPYING ON US, thanks to the LATEST SPY LAW passed by CONGRESS, with a Democratic majority!

    Yup, those DEMS are REALLY looking out for us, no? No, they too want to spy on us!

    GET USED TO IT!
     
    skip, Aug 17, 2007
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  9. flmkpr

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    this could set in motion a very scary thing a buddy of mine was arrested after his car was illegally searched the reason he was stoped and searched was because he had a dead sticker on his car and deadheads are known drug users and it held up in court! are pepole going to be denied entry because of the music they listen to or the books they read ? this is scary very scary!!!
     
    flmkpr, Aug 18, 2007
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  11. Toby Stanley

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    I know that anonymity has never existed on the internet since the earliest days when is was known as the arpanet/milnet and only used by university and military staff.

    I for one refuse to hide behind a pseudonym and realized long ago that in reality there is no way to truly hide ones identity and if you have nothing to hide, then why bother with subterfuge.
     
    Toby Stanley, Aug 19, 2007
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  13. skip

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    Toby, there are other VERY good reasons to hide your identity on the Internet. I hope you never have to discover them for yourself...
     
    skip, Aug 19, 2007
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  15. WalkerInTheWoods

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    How do they know they have the right person when looking someone up on the internet? I have searched for my own name and never found myself, but there seems to be other people out there with my name all over the net. Luckily they have not done, or atleast posted, anything illegal.
     
    WalkerInTheWoods, Aug 20, 2007
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  17. PsyGrunge

    PsyGrunge Full Fractal Force

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    God dam government. They're just scared that we (humans) can open doors in our minds. Doors that they are afraid to go in, and they don't want us to go in there either because if we go in, then we might learn something that they don't know... and that leaves us a little out of their control! (courtesy of Ken Kesey and truer than life).
     
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  19. gardener

    gardener Realistic Humanist

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    Amazing isn't it how we can research and prevent scholarly Canadians from entering our fair country, but we can't stem the immigration of illegals from our southern border?
     
    gardener, Aug 20, 2007
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  21. wave owls not flags

    wave owls not flags is not interested

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    Man, I sure am glad I'm a citizen of this country. I've posted some stupid crap on the internet. Haha sucks to be that guy :D
     
    wave owls not flags, Aug 20, 2007
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  23. gardener

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    Well be glad GW takes the crud as enlistees today or some of what you posted on the internet could have negated your enlistment. I am glad it didn't. You'll now get to taste this government first hand in boot camp or basic.

    Think I'll call you a hero once you are in uniform...guess again! Hero's earn that term they don't just put on pretty uniforms.
     
    gardener, Aug 20, 2007
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