[free-sklyarov] Sklyarov=Napster according to Senator Boxer

[David Merrill]

On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 02:07:28PM -0700, Ethan Straffin wrote:

> #!/usr/local/bin/perl
> # SPACE: Sheeple-Pacifying Autoresponder for Congressional Email
> # (C) 2001 Albert Gore, Jr., Inventor of the Internet
> 
> require 'sheepleRoutines.pl';
> 
> $myName = "Senator Barbara Boxer";
> $stateName = "California";
> $stateAbbrev = "CA";
> 
> while (<STDIN>) {
> 	$sheepleMessage .= $_;
> }
>  
> if ($sheepleMessage !~ /\b($stateName|$stateAbbrev)\b/si) {
> 	&placateSheepleWithAutoresponse ($areYouSUREYoureMyConstituent);
> } elsif ($sheepleMessage =~ /\b(Napster|DMCA|Felten|Sklyarov|DeCSS)\b/si) {
> 	&placateSheepleWithAutoresponse ($napsterBad);
> } elsif {$sheepleMessage =~ s/\bBill\s*of\s*Rights\b/si) {
> 	&placateSheepleWithAutoresponse ($whatBillOfRightsIsThat);
> # ...snipped for the sake of brevity...
> } else {
> 	&placateSheepleWithAutoresponse ($yourConcernsAreImportantToMe);
> }
> undef $sheepleMessage;

And they say code != speech.

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