Florida bans all computers and smartphones

[Stoner]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/0 ... 61701.html

When Florida lawmakers recently voted to ban all Internet cafes, they worded the bill so poorly that they effectively outlawed every computer in the state, according to a recent lawsuit.

In April Florida Governor Rick Scott approved a ban on slot machines and Internet cafes after a charity tied to Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll was shut down on suspicion of being an Internet gambling front -- forcing Carroll, who had consulted with the charity, to resign.

Florida's 1,000 Internet cafes were shut down immediately, including Miami-Dade's Incredible Investments, LLC, a café that provides online services to migrant workers, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

The owner, Consuelo Zapata, is now suing the state after her legal team found that the ban was so hastily worded that it can be applied to any computer or device connected to the Internet, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by The Miami Herald.

The ban defines illegal slot machines as any "system or network of devices" that may be used in a game of chance.

And that broad wording can be applied to any number of devices, according to the Miami law firm of Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, who worked with constitutional law attorney and Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz.

The suit maintains that the ban was essentially passed "in a frenzy fueled by distorted judgment in the wake of a scandal that included the Lieutenant Governor’s resignation" and declares it unconstitutional.

10/10 gj florida.

[ARGENTVM]

I wonder if the bill was written, drafted, and proofread by a senior citizen.

"Dem computers and gamblin' machines be the work of the devil, lordy lordy!"

I was also hoping when I saw this that it was from the Onion....

[Tomthetom]

Its time for.....REBELLION !!!

[Ænima]

First they ban bongs, now smartphones??


Maaaaaan, fuck Florida.

[Ijon Tichy]

Doom is a game of chance! Projectiles do random damage and there's spread. Both of those bring in chance! Ban Doom!

[Lord_of_D:]

this is what happens when you let an actor on steroids lead an state

[Catastrophe]

this is what happens when you let an actor on steroids lead an state

Who said you could speak?

[Ivan]

this is what happens when you let an actor on steroids lead an state

Who is this person you're speaking of? Arnold Schwarzenegger? He was the governor of California and he isn't anymore. God help people like you, for real.

[MrSetharoo]

Fuck man! Zimmerman got off free and now this!?
That's it...I'm leaving... *floats off into space*

Silliness aside, this is retarded to all hell....its like Florida's court system can't do anything right...Casey Anthony, Zimmerman, and now this....The hell man...are we Floridians just dumb as a box filled with air with holes in it? (I could not think of a clever analogy...)

[Lord_of_D:]

this is what happens when you let an actor on steroids lead an state

Who is this person you're speaking of? Arnold Schwarzenegger? He was the governor of California and he isn't anymore. God help people like you, for real.

damnit, my bad there then, im really not paying too much attention to the last news, if i want to get sad i just watch a drama movie

[porcelain echo]

I wonder if the bill was written, drafted, and proofread by a senior citizen.

"Dem computers and gamblin' machines be the work of the devil, lordy lordy!"

I was also hoping when I saw this that it was from the Onion....

I'm a senior citizen.I am also not stupid.I also used to work in a casino.

[Catastrophe]

this is what happens when you let an actor on steroids lead an state

Who is this person you're speaking of? Arnold Schwarzenegger? He was the governor of California and he isn't anymore. God help people like you, for real.

damnit, my bad there then, im really not paying too much attention to the last news, if i want to get sad i just watch a drama movie

Latest news? Arnold Schwarzenegger has been governer of California for 8+ years now.

[-Jes-]

Typical Florida. The only good thing they've amounted to these past 15 years is disbarring Jack Thompson.

[MrSetharoo]

Typical Florida. The only good thing they've amounted to these past 15 years is disbarring Jack Thompson.

hmm... I'm not sure who that is but it sounds familiar. Well at least We have our Cons that are cool and Minecon is being held here in Orlando so that's something to look forward to.

[TankDempsey]

I think recently all of humanity has been falling apart.

[MrSetharoo]

I think recently all of humanity has been falling apart.

Tell me about it...

[Galactus]

>recently

[The Endertainer]

All i can say to this is.....
SEEMS LEGIT

[Spottswoode]

Fuck man! Zimmerman got off free and now this!?

Juries and idiotic lawmakers have little in common. There is no reasonable doubt as to the stupidity of this law. Lawmakers also do not have anywhere near the scrutiny and juries do during and after voir dire.

This is typical of the kind of stuff state legislature's do when they are under political pressure. They waste untold amounts of time and money to fix a problem that the government can't really fix.

[MrSetharoo]

Fuck man! Zimmerman got off free and now this!?

Juries and idiotic lawmakers have little in common. There is no reasonable doubt as to the stupidity of this law. Lawmakers also do not have anywhere near the scrutiny and juries do during and after voir dire.

This is typical of the kind of stuff state legislature's do when they are under political pressure. They waste untold amounts of time and money to fix a problem that the government can't really fix.

I didn't mean it like that, I meant as my state has made some of the stupidest decisions whether it be in Law, Court system, city council, and even school boards have made some of the fucking stupidest decisions ever.
like for example, I think it was Lake county that banned Gay-Straight Alliance clubs because a student wanted to start one at her school, the only reason they had was "its not educational" which really means "ew, fagotts getting a chance to have a get together to have a place where they're not bullied or ridiculed in our schools? LOL. no...". They just do stupid shit like this on a daily basis.