Illinois rebels!?! I love Illinois rebels!
Posted on 07/01/2015 6:02:51 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s
Laws have become too vague and the concept of intent has disappeared.
When we think about the pace of change in technology, it's usually to marvel at how computing power has become cheaper and faster or how many new digital ways we have to communicate. Unfortunately, this pace of change is increasingly clashing with some of the slower-moving parts of our culture.
Technology moves so quickly we can barely keep up, and our legal system moves so slowly it can't keep up with itself. By design, the law is built up over time by court decisions, statutes and regulations. Sometimes even criminal laws are left vague, to be defined case by case. Technology exacerbates the problem of laws so open and vague that they are hard to abide by, to the point that we have all become potential criminals.
Boston civil-liberties lawyer Harvey Silverglate calls his new book "Three Felonies a Day," referring to the number of crimes he estimates the average American now unwittingly commits because of vague laws. New technology adds its own complexity, making innocent activity potentially criminal.
Mr. Silverglate describes several cases in which prosecutors didn't understand or didn't want to understand technology. This problem is compounded by a trend that has accelerated since the 1980s for prosecutors to abandon the principle that there can't be a crime without criminal intent.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
More if I get out of bed.
How do we know we've been successful at this point? I don't know about you but I'm shooting for my own FBI file. Still disappointed I don't have one.....
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Do you buy un-PC products with a credit card, debit card or check?
Do you own, or have you ever owned firearms?
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Do you receive emails from *any* sort of right leaning sources? Ads from ammo retailers?
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Perhaps you'd don't need to be disappointed.
Are you a registered user of, or post on FR? Yes, since 1998.
Have you donated to FR? Yup.
Have you ever donated to a Republican candidate or non liberal wacko charity or advocacy group? Many thousands of dollars...
Do you buy un-PC products with a credit card, debit card or check? I just ordered 4 Confederate flags using my Credit Card ... (I live in Illinois, does that count for extra?
Do you own, or have you ever owned firearms? I assert my fifth amendment privilege.
Have you at any time been registered as a Republican? Not since 1991.
Do you receive emails from *any* sort of right leaning sources? Ads from ammo retailers? I again assert my fifth amendment privilege.
Do you access conservative information on online without going through a VPN? Oops. I again assert my fifth amendment privilege.
Have you ever uttered a pro 2A comment on your phone/cell phone? More times than I can recall.
Do you have relatives or associate with anyone that would answer yes to any of the above questions? I don't think so, but then I am the black sheep in my family. (Is saying "black sheep" racist or code for something?)
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dont care what people think. dont care what they say
Illinois rebels!?! I love Illinois rebels!
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