# Would he have silenced Publius? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 11, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919 "2008-03-11T02:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/1 "2008-03-11T02:28:00Z")
[Link](http://www.wtvq.com/content/midatlantic/tvq/video.apx.-content-articles-TVQ-2008-03-05-0011.html) So, dopers, get ready to fess up your real name or you can only lurk! What a piss poor excuse for a moron. Hello asshole, don’t you know that the courts have already held that anonymity is essential to the 1st amendment? To think someone who was in the [“Natl Wild Turkey Federation”](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/H090.htm) would propose such a thing! Even the turkeys know better than that, Gobble gobble. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/2 "2008-03-11T03:00:52Z")
Hasn’t someone already tried this though? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/3 "2008-03-11T03:04:25Z")
Well, **leaffan** did for a while, but he just wanted locations… ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/4 "2008-03-11T03:07:02Z")
> [@](#): > > He says that has especially been a problem in his Eastern Kentucky district. In other words, some mean, stinky poopyheads called hims names on teh intarnets. ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/5 "2008-03-11T03:09:00Z")
They can pry my real name from my cold, dead fingertips! Actually, I don’t really care. I don’t post much online that I wouldn’t tell people if they asked. For all those closeted gay men, though… whoof. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/6 "2008-03-11T04:00:26Z")
[http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/2008-HB-775](http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/2008-HB-775) Actually, the odds are that’s exactly what happened. This [kentuckyvotes.org](http://kentuckyvotes.org) thing has been keeping an eye on the reps, and he’s not pleased. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/7 "2008-03-11T04:17:15Z")
O hai I can haz personal infos? Want. K thx bai ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/8 "2008-03-11T04:33:21Z")
Fuck you. That’s my name. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/9 "2008-03-11T04:36:15Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] O hai I can haz personal infos? Want. K thx bai [/QUOTE] Win. If this passes, I might consider legally changing my name to Up Yours Tim Couch. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/10 "2008-03-11T04:54:13Z")
Well, that’s fairly stupid. What next, are they going to try to stop me from uploading my cd collection to my iTunes and my iPod? Oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/11 "2008-03-11T05:25:36Z")
Couch is a colossal idiot. signed- A Kentuckian. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/12 "2008-03-11T06:10:44Z")
This guy is either really smart, and doing this as part of some publicity strategy that I can’t figure out, or . . . ok he’s a dumbfuck. That’s all I got. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/13 "2008-03-11T06:18:04Z")
_“Representative Couch says he filed the bill in hopes of cutting down on online bullying.”_ Yeah, and when people know who you really are and don’t like what you said on-line, real life bullying (i.e., assault) won’t be a problem because theres already a law against that!:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/14 "2008-03-11T08:59:05Z")
Greetings. My name is Crandall Spondular. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/15 "2008-03-11T09:01:54Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] This guy is either really smart, and doing this as part of some publicity strategy that I can’t figure out, or . . . ok he’s a dumbfuck. That’s all I got. [/QUOTE] What **Q.E.D.** said - someone was mean to him on the internet and mommy couldn’t make it better this time. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/16 "2008-03-11T09:51:09Z")
Fighting the Internet Hate Machine\* is somewhere between mud-wrestling with a pack of greased pigs and taking a baseball bat to a swarm of malarial mosquitoes. As long as there are people who don’t realize that, the world will never be short on laughs. \*(The totality of trolls, lunatics, terrorists, mailbombers, crapflooders, and your mom. In short, everything that makes people feel dirty and wrong.) ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/17 "2008-03-11T10:08:25Z")
Yes, but in this case, it’s the Internet Muckraking Machine that he’s fighting. See my [kentuckyvotes.org](http://kentuckyvotes.org) link above. He’s doing this because they were watching him. In short, it’s an attempt to silence political speech. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/18 "2008-03-11T11:35:16Z")
How many anti-stalking safety people have bonked this guy with a clue-by-four now, I wonder? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/19 "2008-03-11T12:10:15Z")
The same law should apply to adressing anyone in public. Even for random chatter about sports, asking for directions, and being adressed as a customer or shopkeeper". These are all opportunities for bullying. "Hello, my name is John Smith, and I live 123, BestRoad, Oldtown, Virginia. So, How about this weather we’re having, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Ocean\_Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8797f3/32.png) [@Ocean\_Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ocean_Annie)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919/20 "2008-03-11T12:21:00Z")
Under immense peer pressure, I copped my location, but I will never give up my name. The evil doers are going to far. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-he-have-silenced-publius/440919.md?page=2)