Mine, too.
Forty years in prison for a thought crime?
If there were any charges of his actually harming children, it went unmentioned.
A few days ago, a bunch of savages were sentenced to probation or a few months of prison for viciously beating several young women and causing them permanent injury because they were white.
That blows my mind.
Remember, if a woman has a restraining order against an abusive partner bent on murder, all jusrisdictions proclaim the inability to do anything to prevent her murder, but can only respond if the perp actually commits the deed.
That blows my mind.
I used to be convinced the United States was the most just nation on Earth - but somehow we've given it all away.
So correct me if I am wrong. You are saying that it is okay since it is a thought crime and he did not act upon his thoughts?
If that is what you are saying, I believe you are way off line. He is contributing to these abusers by getting these pictures.
If this is not what you are saying, then I guess I do not understand. Please explain more.
His desire to have the pictures was fulfilled by the grossest possible abuse of children. It is no different than a user of hard drugs, where the user says, "It's my body and I'll do what I want." But what if the production and delivery of those drugs are brought about by the murder of people both in the US and elsewhere? Is that, too, a victimless crime?
Understand that all actions have consequences. The consequences for the children in the "thousands of pictures" this man had, is thousands of children who are seriously and permanently harmed. Their childhoods are destroyed. Their lives as adults are in serious danger -- assuming their adult users do not just kill them and throw away their bodies like used Kleenex.
"Thought crime," indeed.
Congressman Billybob
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