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Re: Laws about sex.... (was something else)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 13 Jul 2001 22:51:04 GMT
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I hope you don't live in the US and have any power in elections. If you do, I should
look into citizenship in other countries.
Writing a PRIVATE journal of fantasy has absolutely nothing to do with an ACTUAL crime,
nor even intent.
If we start locking people up for fantasy writing, even when intent has not been shown,
then we've lost too much freedom.
Innocent until proven guilty - private journal entries that have no basis in reality
shouldn't prove guilt (guilt of WHAT, in this case? A deranged mind? Fine. But did he
DO it? NO!).
Steven Lane wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
> > That's just beyond belief. I can't adequately express the outrage I'm feeling over
> > the stupidity of the judge that actually let this happen (make no mistake, the
> > judge is the only one to blame for this, he has the ultimate power in the case).
> >
> > I think the judge should be disbarred.
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> 10 years! he should have got twenty, he was already on probation, He
> probably would have done it evetually and locking him up hardly counts as a
> loss to society! I think what society gains from the removal of the risk he
> posed far outways any supposed infringement of his rights.
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> Steve Lane
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> > Duane Hess wrote:
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> > > OK, here's a nicely vague one for you.
> > >
> > > http://news.excite.com/news/ap/010704/15/obscene-journal
> > >
> > > -Duane
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 | | Re: Laws about sex.... (was something else)
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| (...) It's entirely possible that a PRIVATE journal entry (I'm reluctant to call it a "journal of fantasy" since it's difficult to establish after-the-fact whether a journal was intended as fantasy or as a plan of attack) can represent one's (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Laws about sex.... (was something else)
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| (...) 10 years! he should have got twenty, he was already on probation, He probably would have done it evetually and locking him up hardly counts as a loss to society! I think what society gains from the removal of the risk he posed far outways any (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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