So I read the Massachusetts attorney general's press release about the Aqua Teen Hunger Force lights: http://www.ago.state.ma.us/sp.cfm?pageid=986&id=1803 And was interested in what law the "only hair questions" guys are charged with violating. I've placed the statute here: http://politechbot.com/docs/massachusetts.infernal.hoax.device.020107.txt The law is actually one prohibiting "infernal machines." No, I am not making this up. Yes, only in Massachusetts. Some "infernal machine" cases going back to 1971 are here: http://politechbot.com/docs/massachusetts.infernal.machine.cases.020107.txt Each dealt with an actual destructive device, and harmless LED advertisements don't seem to qualify. Here's my writeup of the situation: http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6155806.html -Declan _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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