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by zeveb 3914 days ago
> Petition the United States Congress to enact a law prohibiting the publication or revelation of either name or identity of mass murderers.

I agree with the principle of not encouraging fame-seekers to mass-murder, by making making such murders a sure path to fame, but this is a blatant violation of the First Amendment and the principle of free speech.

We need to figure out how to instill a sense of decency in the mass media.