It's mostly the result of habit these days. Since the evil of Fedgov is so
pervasive these days, it's easy to forget it's many Stategov minions.
I stand corrected on that in this particular case.
On Thursday 06 September 2001 09:58 pm, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> I'm confused about "Fedgov" references. This was a state law and
> a state prosecution and a state judge. Doesn't make it right, but it
> has little to do with "Fedgov."
>
> -Declan
>
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 05:30:19PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > At 06:15 PM 9/6/2001 -0500, amp wrote:
> >
> > On Wednesday 05 September 2001 10:51 am, David Honig wrote:
> > > At 09:49 AM 9/5/01 -0700, John Young wrote:
> > > >Isn't what is new here is that the man did not publish this material
> > > >as was the material of Joyce, Miller, et al? Nobody saw it except
> > > >him and the cop who discovered it.
> > >
> > > Wasn't it his *parents* who read his journal and turned him in, hoping
> > > for 'treatment'
> > > instead of jail? Shades of David & Ted Kaczynski...
> > >
> > >Indeed. From press accounts, his mother turned him in. (That's how
> > > Fedgov got
> >
> > his diary/notebook from what I understand.) The appelate decision that
> > was recently in the news is that he pled guilty thinking he would get
> > probation/treatment. The judge, in effect said, "I don't know why the
> > hell you would have thought that. Lock him up!"
> >
> > >I'm concerned that Fedgov has been able to successfully prosecute this
> >
> > thoughtcrime using his own private writings. It could very well be
> > possible that writing his evil thoughts down kept him from acting on
> > them. I know that sometimes when I have a good rant building up, I have
> > to just write it to get it out of my system. This case could well have
> > unintended consequences if people finally understand that Fedgov doesn't
> > give a rat's ass about any alleged 'right to privacy'. Americans
> > allegedly have right to 'keep and bear arms' as well, spelled out on
> > paper (currently being used as toilet paper in government offices across
> > the land), but there are thousands of laws regulating against same.
> >
> > This may continue until JDF types with nothing to lose (e.g., diagnosed
> > with a terminal illness) put selected DOJ, FBI and Congressional targets
> > in their sights.
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