Good evening, Lowell... Lowell C. Savage wrote:
> Sorry for the double-send. That's not a problem. With my head bound up in constriction bands to help fight off sinusitis inflammation, I was already seeing double of everything anyway, so it fit right in. 8-) > Good evening, Dave. > > I don't think I understand the point you were trying to make for me. Was > your response supposed to be satire? If so, of what? Sort of. I've read and re-read the news about the Zombie story and the kid ostensibly responsible. From all I've read, somehow I continue to draw the same conclusion, that the only crime he is actually charged with is politically-incorrect thinking. Did he physically threaten anyone in any way? Not as far as I can tell. Did he conspire in some way to deprive anyone of their right to speech? Not as far as I can tell. Did he urge anyone else to write stories about Zombies attacking anyone else other than in the fantasy of his story? No, not as far as I can tell. Failing to isolate a victim, an act of violence or any other crime against society, the only crime I seem to be able to figure out is that the kid had a prodigious imagination, and had thought politically-incorrect thoughts. This, in Conster's thoughts, speaks volumes about the strange thought pathways of educators and local law enforcement officials which, in my opinion, is NOT a pretty picture at all. Are they not loonier than the kid's story? Where I turned to pseudo-satire, was in assuming that this strange mindset of lawmakers and educators is probably much more widely-accepted than we might first think. One good way to detect whether that presumption, on my part, is true is to write the members of Congress demanding that they outlaw stories about Zombies entirely. Put together a coalition of outraged citizenry demanding an end to "terrorist writings" by young writers with jumbled minds. Then in a moment of chilly awareness, I suddenly realized that the Congress-critters might actually boost such a proposal into a House Bill and forward it to The Shrub for quick ratification without once looking closely at the actual events that have taken place. Now, if such a bill were created, and God forbid, it ever was passed to Bush for signing into law, where will laws against politically-incorrect thinking ever end? Today it is the Zombies that are illegal. Tomorrow writing fanciful tales about our own government will be outlawed. Once you start the erosion, lending it authenticity through the legal process, allowing this entire macabre reign of events to happen without resistance, you open the door even wider to other acts of terrorism against freedom of thought, do you not? I think I hear George Orwell and Rod Serling cawing like crows from the ground beneath our feet, laughing themselves silly at our expense. In fact, I cannot imagine a single writer of merit who wouldn't be shaking their head at this mockery of law and the assault against common sense taking place. Dave -- Dave Laird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The Used Kharma Lot Web Page: http://www.kharma.net updated 11/24/2004 Usenet news server : news://news.kharma.net Fortune Random Thought For the Minute A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. -- Ben Franklin _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
