If anyone lives in Kentucky, do not re-elect Tim Couch for any position! That humanoid is the one that is threatening to make it illegal to post anonymously on forums, citing cyberbullies. This would make it impossible to post anything about Jehovah's Witlesses without Brother Hounder immediately knowing who put it there. Anyone trying to smuggle littera-trash would find it impossible--because Tim Couch made it mandatory to put your real name on the forum.
This is not just our problem as apostate witlesses. There are other cults with similar problems. They would be intimidated by the cult leaders, preventing full objectivity. People would be bullied by their bosses at work to post highly positive comments about their work and the company, even advertising their company products, on public forums since the boss can check the forum and tell who is posting only mildly positive comments, let alone deserved negative ones. And the leaders would be able to keep us dumbed down, since the cyberbullying would be replaced with letter bombs and shootings at houses.
Cyberbullying is a potentially serious threat, but it is not the responsibility of the government to control. The government should only respond to those who post those threats, and they can use the IP address numbers that come with the post to trace the person who posts death threats, kiddy porn, and other illegal material. Forum administrators should take responsibility by deleting offending posts, warning and sanctioning the trolls that are the perpetrators, and banning such people from their forums. Notably, most of the sites (including this one) have rules against cyberbullying. I have never had a major problem with cyberbullying (that is, one that would warrant criminal charges) on this site. The administrators do a commendable job at controlling the trolls that show up.
I think Tim Couch should be shown that the Watchtower Society does not need his help. We should make sure that this bill is the end of his political career, and that can be done by voting in his opposition come Election Day. That will also send a message to any other lawmakers that any attempt to ruin freedom of speech will be the end of their careers as lawmakers.
