Gt, let me stop for a moment here and congratulate you. You have managed to deftly manipulate the debate to position anyone who disagrees with you as being in favor of child pornography. Excellent use of the straw man technique. It was so subtly done I almost didn't notice it and allowed my self to argue according to your terms for a moment. If I ever have business dealings in the UK and am in need of a competent litigator, I will certainly keep you in mind.
The inescapable fact which you can not get away from is, the website in question is a joke. It's a sick joke no doubt. And it's not even a funny joke, either in subject matter or in execution. (ooo, was that a poor choice of terms?
) But you would not be able to make your hypothetical case of inciting against the website in question any more so than one could make one against you for your offending signature.
The website in question proposes as a solution to overpopulation the extermination of every human being on earth. Not only do they not support their initial hypothesis of the problem with any scientific evidence, their "solution" to the problem is so ridiculously extreme as to not be taken seriously.
The means that they advocate for this extermination is the clicking of the mouse on a website button which correlates to a map representation of the earth. No explanation of the function whereby this clicking would result in the death of a single person, much less the deaths of billions. Again, so pathetically vague as to not be taken seriously.
However I could, if I were so inclined, most likely purchase the necessary materials to effect
YOUR dastardly scheme. I am not rich by any means (certainly not of the level of one employed as a finance lawyer) and I believe that I could purchase the prerequisite 100 mines given a few months.
The line dancers would be a bit more problematic. As I live in southwest Ohio, or what is more commonly referred to as Northern Kentucky, the supply of line dancers is far greater than that of mines. But the problem there would be not one of simple supply, but one of motivating them to follow my instructions at the risk of life an limb. Average educational levels and general public opinion notwithstanding, line dancers are not typically idiots.
However were I an individual of sufficient means, say a person who could travel to Japan for sporting events at the drop of a hat, and plan for weeks long safaris in the African plain a few short months later, then perhaps I could motivate a few dedicated individuals who held the same low esteem of linedancers that I did to assist me in this venture. I could afford to purchase the necessary "motivational equipment" that could be used to bring my evil plan to fruition.
So sir, I put to you that your plan is actually the more likely of the two, and thus the far more dangerous one to be permitted to be uttered.
Somebody get me the number for Interpol please, "Thought police" division preferably.
Geo
[ July 15, 2002, 17:20: Message edited by: geoschmo ]