Debating The Linux Cultist Fanatic.****** A Short HowTo ************** 4090

Astroturfers need to form their own buttociation.

Legalise astro turfing now! ---------------------------

The rights of astro turfers are in danger because comp.os.linux.advocacy is a place where they are continually bashed for fun. This is not fair on the bashees and the bashers because of nym shifting and other issues that are making life difficult for point scoring to stick. Astro turfing now is a big industry and part of the landscape of the services industry. Obviously employees must now be given extra rights.

The Engines of Democracy Astro Turfing Rights Bill -------------------------------------------------- 1. All astro turfers must register for employment and obtain employee ID.

2. Clients are nice people too, and deserve every contract to be    to be displayed openly with a contract ID so that everyone may know    astroturfing company - client relationship and how much money    has parted hands. Particularly important for politicos who    are worried of excessive spending by the other side.

3. All astro turfers must show their employer registration ID, and client    contract ID with any works of art and fiction they produce.    In return legal immunity is provided to the astro turfer,    the client and astroturfing from any prosecution for opionins    expressed, except for anything that falls under existing libel laws.

4. Failure to do so can net unlimited liability for its employers    and the clients who use the services.

5. This allows all astro turfed hooting tooting votes and opinions    to be counted as just one vote and make democracy work fairly.

6. Bring astro turfing in line with current advertising rules    i.e. a. they must be factual         b. they have been refereed         c. they have paid tax

7. Any mis information reported by astro turfers is subject    to laws of libel, and through use of employee ID, can    render the employee, the employer and the client liable.

8. All astro turfers have the right to snitch on their employers    and clients with legal protection from the law if they    choose to do so. That is employers and clients must not compel    employees into signing any agreements that prohibit their    god given rights of freedom of speech.

9. Public companies must register transactions with astro turfing    companies and make available to investors and the SEC the full    nature of the contract between them and their astro turfing    companies so that investors can be confident of the investments    they are making, and that it is not based on faked misinformation    inadvertently supplied by astro turfers.

Client and Employer Misconduct ------------------------------

10. Should the employer or the Client is found to be in misconduct    when hiring astro turfers to put out incorrect information,    the client and the employer gurantees to indemnify the employee    from any cost arising out of litigation.

Disabilities allowance ----------------------

11. Its widely accepted that disabled people and housewives    are used for astro turfing as they are likely to sit    in front of a computer and type out nonsense all day.    For those disabled people that are housewives or that have to    operate a computer without an arm, or a leg, or a brain,    we demand that pay is equal to that of fit and lifeless    colleagues.

Career progression ------------------

12. No astro turd likes being called an idiot. Its un-winnable to argue    a point when you are an astro turd and have no qualifications.    So we need an astro turfing insbreastute where we can hoof and poof    and gain merits for our nefarious activities.    All qualifications shall be cited with employee ID and client    contract ID as part of the legal requirement to become    a qualified astro turfer.