[65175] in Cypherpunks
FW: Child Porn as Thoughtcrime
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (blanc)
Wed Sep 11 01:57:11 1996
From: blanc <blancw@cnw.com>
To: "'cypherpunks@toad.com'" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 22:49:13 -0700
From: Blanc, responding to herself (a la Detweiler - NOT)
>Many people seek after sympathy towards their feelings (present and/or =
future
>pain) more than to be respected for the ability to think. I imagine =
this
>develops into a reduced sympathy towards certain kinds of thought or =
towards
>thinking per se, eventually, promoting a general atmosphere of =
tolerance for
>offenses like "thoughtcrimes". =20
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This statement is entirely wrong and totally false.
What I really meant to say, rather than "tolerance for offenses =
like...", was that there is created an atmosphere which is tolerant =
towards classifying certain kinds of thinking as "thought crimes". And =
once it is allowed that some types of thoughts, or some types of =
thinking, are classifiable as criminally offensive, I expect most anyone =
on this list can extrapolate the consequences of such a development upon =
the collective conscience.
..
Blanc
