[65372] in Cypherpunks
Re: Child Porn and Thought Crime
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dale Thorn)
Fri Sep 13 10:24:25 1996
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 22:34:00 -0700
From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
To: Chip Mefford <cmefford@avwashington.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Chip Mefford wrote:
> If it is a crime to posses photograhic child pornograhy, and this
> crime is tested in court.,
> Then is it a crime for a sightless person to posses photograhic child
> pornograhy? If so, than this matter needs to be thought out some more.
> If no (by test of court, paper is more or less
> meaningless) than it is thought crime.
I've speculated for a long time about what Thomas Jefferson might say if
he were around. Something like: Think liberally, but act conservatively.
--Just a thought.
