[CTRL] Annals of 'thoughtcrime'

2001-02-03 Thread kl
-Caveat Lector- The following article makes me wonder if the segment of society upon which the government is declaring war (white heterosexual males) will be compensated in some way - say by lower income tax rates or exemption from any future military draft. After all, those who lack full citize

Re: [CTRL] Annals of 'thoughtcrime'

2001-02-03 Thread inri
-Caveat Lector- > Can he have read the law he's proposing? It specifically increases > the penalties (by exactly 20 percent) for crimes motivated by > prejudice. What is prejudice but a state of mind -- of thought? > What we have here is a concept that George Orwell named in > 1984: "thoughtcrime

Re: [CTRL] Annals of 'thoughtcrime'

2001-02-03 Thread kl
-Caveat Lector- >> Can he have read the law he's proposing? It specifically increases >> the penalties (by exactly 20 percent) for crimes motivated by >> prejudice. What is prejudice but a state of mind -- of thought? >> What we have here is a concept that George Orwell named in >> 1984: >"thoug

Re: [CTRL] Annals of 'thoughtcrime'

2001-02-03 Thread inri
-Caveat Lector- > >> Can he have read the law he's proposing? It specifically > increases > >> the penalties (by exactly 20 percent) for crimes motivated by > >> prejudice. What is prejudice but a state of mind -- of thought? > >> What we have here is a concept that George Orwell named in > >> 19

Re: [CTRL] Annals of 'thoughtcrime'

2001-02-04 Thread kl
-Caveat Lector- >> hence the 20% penalty surcharge. >yes. however, a crime is still actually being >committed. therefore, this is a realcrime and not a thoughtcrime. I have found numerous articles - many of them by attorneys - who disagree with your assessment of whe