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Subject: 
Re: Laws about sex.... (was something else)
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Date: 
Fri, 13 Jul 2001 22:52:46 GMT
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Steven Lane wrote:

> > > 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.
> > > 
> > > Steve Lane
> > So, you're saying that the government can arrest me for fictional writings
> > about something that is illegal, but never took place anywhere but in my
> > head? And that it's right?!
> > 
> > -Duane
> 
> Yes
> 
> Look if someone has convictions for bomb making and you find a fake plan of
> a bombing campaign in his home, your gonna put 2 and 2 together and put him
> away.

No, actually, you're not.  At least, you shouldn't.  If they're fiction, they
have no base for a nonfictional case against you.  If you HAD the materials for a
bomb in the house, that would be one thing, but plans?

You scare me.


> How do you know it was 'fake' he's gonna say that isnt he.
> 
> Same in this case

Yes, the same - NEITHER should be cause for conviction.



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(...) Well if the guy lived in Northern Island I bet he'd be put away under the prevention of terroism act. In the right climate a government will make for itself, laws strong enough to defeat the current challenge against it. My earlier answears (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Laws about sex.... (was something else)
 
(...) Yes Look if someone has convictions for bomb making and you find a fake plan of a bombing campaign in his home, your gonna put 2 and 2 together and put him away. How do you know it was 'fake' he's gonna say that isnt he. Same in this case (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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