I thought the Bill of Rights forbade cruel and unusual punishments.
Heh heh heh
You’d think!
I’d actually argue it is unconstitutional - he’s being forced to change everything because the gov’t can’t write Linux monitoring programs:
... Tuesday he reported on his blog that the terms of his sentence meant he would have to install Windows if he wanted to use a computer during his probation. “I had a meeting with my probation officer today, and he told me that he has to install monitoring software onto my PC,” wrote McCausland. “No big deal to me...that is part of my sentence.”
“It isn’t the fact that I have to be monitored that bothers me, it is the fact that I have (to) restructure my life (different OS, different software on that OS) and that they would require (force) me to purchase software while I am currently unemployed and relatively unemployable with the two felonies that they gave me,” McCausland said. “It is just a ridiculous situation.”
Now before all the “he’s a thief, do the crime do the time” folks go off, think for a minute
He uploaded a movie...
Didn’t rape anyone, didn’t diddle little boys, isn’t in the Klan, didn’t invade our borders, didn’t blow anything up and he isn’t a terrorist.
I hope he wins!