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Re: Blocking specific sites within certain countries.

  • From: alex
  • Date: Fri Nov 15 11:12:59 2002

> 
> Unnamed Administration sources reported that [email protected] said:
> > 
> > This is not correct. Such laws tend to cover whatever is shown to the
> > Spanish citizens, no matter by whom. 
> 
> Oh?
> 
> A friend of mine is such. He just happens to live in the DC area,
> and has for 30 years...
> 
> How would such a block be enforced...?

Very simple. Someone names him in a lawsuit. A spanish judge issues
subpoena. He ignores it and does not appear in court. The same judge would
order an equivalent of a bench warrant to be issued. At some point your
friend will end up going through a passport control at an international
airport and as opposite to going to vacation in Amsterdam, he will end up in
a lovely jail pending extradition to Spain.

Welcome to the lovely world that you want to ignore.

Alex