Via Prawfs­blawg, a story from Reuters India reports that a British offi­cial has asked Cal­i­for­nia Gov­er­nor Schwarzeneg­ger to shut down a Web­site that she says encour­ages pros­ti­tu­tion in the UK. Pros­ti­tu­tion is legal in the UK. Quoth the official,

Surely it can’t be too dif­fi­cult for “The Ter­mi­na­tor” to ter­mi­nate Pun­ter­net and that’s what I am demand­ing that he does.

Patently, Ms Har­man is not acquainted with our First Amend­ment, which is pre­cisely what pre­vents “The Ter­mi­na­tor” from “ter­mi­nat­ing” such a Web­site. The Website’s owner responds with a brief les­son in free speech, then thanks Ms Har­man for the ben­e­fi­cial effects of her ignorance:

In clos­ing, I would like to thank you for the huge influx of traf­fic to my web­site which your actions have caused. I am sure that the ladies who are a part of the Pun­ter­Net com­mu­nity thank you as well, as they will no doubt ben­e­fit finan­cially from the many new clients who might oth­er­wise never have found them.