| | Channeling Rorschach:
The only problem with the story is it tells the truth. You ever tried to sell truth? True... some people will buy it, if it ain't somethin they already know and don't want to.
Lies, on the other hand, can command quite the price, as the religions and the lunatic brands of states proven every time. The key thing Richard IDed is used by evil men to turn their victims into their allies. The scapegoat that no one really likes will be the first victim.
A Jew, maybe, or perhaps some guy who enjoys looking at cartoons of kids having sex. That Florida case - a guy convicted of kiddie porn, even though the pictures were cartoons of furry animals, and involved no actual children...
The Federal Appelate Court could've thrown the case out on the grounds that previous, similar cases had already made it to the Appelate - and I believe the Supreme Court - and were thrown out on grounds of the unconstitutionality of the statute. They could've come down hard on the side of free speech, regardless... Instead, they upheld a conviction with a two decade sentence for liking a smutty cartoon.
Now we have a thought crime on the books.
What do you think? (Don't - or else.)
Not that the amount of time is relevant. But the nasty little fact that we, the American public, did not blink, probably didn't notice, and probably thought, "Oh, well. As long as it's just those nasty pedophiles (Muslims, Jews, Gypsies, capitalists...)," now THAT means somethin.
Like the NAZI guards who had to prove their loyalty to Der Fuhrer by going out of their way to be a little and then a lot more cruel than required, so, once you don't speak up, then you either gotta deal with guilt, or pretend and go along, and prove to yourself it's ok. Hey, those Jews are all a bunch of lousy cheats and money grubbers, anyway. And, then everyone becomes determined to prove that it can't be wrong because we're all in it together.
What?! YOU aren't in the gang? What's wrong wit ya, buddy? You ain't one of them (Jews, capitalists, sexy cartoon fans...), are ya?
And then it becomes a habit. You back down once, then, the next time, you got less moral capital. Who am I, after all. I can't fight the damn system. Who do you think you are? You think you're better than me? I'll show you, you sonovabitch! Let's get the cartoon man (Fag, Arab, whatever)!
Me, I'm spending this Saturday at Califur, just so the feds and the other creeps know where to find me, ready or not...
http://www.califur.com/
See ya there. Unless you're too scared...
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