Florida creates law to stop one Internet Café, accidentally bans all computers

[Kenneth Kenstar]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/08/florida-banned-computers_n_3561701.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.

[Kenneth Kenstar]

I have to admit though, this is the sort of stuff I've been dreaming about for years.

Now that Florida isn't allowing themselves on the Internet, hopefully they'll ban themselves from the US and build a great wall that stops them from leaving.

Containment. It's finally here.

[Fake from State Jarm]

this is the warping effect that scandals have on democratic republic processes. take heed americans. The reason a government of the people can still fail is because stupid citizens love scandals and the stupid officials they elected are afraid of that.

Now that Florida isn't allowing themselves on the Internet, hopefully they'll ban themselves from the US and build a great wall that stops them from burritos.

we'd just form a pirate blackmarket internet subculture and become a hub for all sorts of illegal information/media trading. Floridanet

Containment. It's finally here.

Life finds a way mr. goldblum

[Kenneth Kenstar]

Florida's governor is the Florida version of Lex Luthor

He happens to look like the Florida version of Lex Luthor also

[Bleak Outlook]

Florida's governor is the Florida version of Lex Luthor

He happens to look like the Florida version of Lex Luthor also

Is there a Florida version of Superman to kick him in the nuts?

[Fake from State Jarm]

Florida's governor is the Florida version of Lex Luthor

He happens to look like the Florida version of Lex Luthor also

I googled him hopefully but if anything it looks more like lex's younger meth head brother, jerry luthor. Florida is where they send you if you can't hack it as a villain in metropolis

[cctmsp13]

Florida Governor Rick Scott, reportedly called the ban, "the right thing to do for our state."

It's rare that I agree with Rick Scott