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The New Jersey legislature has decided to further limit personal freedoms. They have put forth a bill requiring websites to collect the names and addresses of users in public forums -- effectively banning anonymous speech.

Now, everyone who knows me knows I hate anonymous douches but I do believe that they should never be banned. The reason? I ignore anything that an anonymous douche says. Being anonymous means you're too much of a pussy to say it publicly and put your reputation behind it. It doesn't warrant any respect and most people, I think, have the same opinion. But, that doesn't mean it should be banned. Free speech is not limited by who is saying it, so why should it be limited by who is anonymously saying it?

Furthermore, who is going to perform a background check to see if the given name and addresses are real. How many George W. Bush's living at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave will they see? Also, the only solution that I can see for the website operator is ... "Oops, my server hard drive crashed."

Thank you New Jersey to limiting our speech. What's going to be next Big Brother? The Internet is the single greatest device for free speech and anonymous speech and it should continue that way. New Jersey, you're a collective idiot.

Tags: Politics, Government, New Jersey, Liberties, & Internet