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To: Lucky9teen

(snipped fake BC, complete with clown face)

Best be careful posting that.

According to some here, you may have just committed a crime by posting a false document.

/s


252 posted on 08/06/2009 3:06:52 PM PDT by mountainbunny (Mitt Romney: Would you buy a used car from this man?)
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To: mountainbunny
(snipped fake BC, complete with clown face)

Best be careful posting that.

According to some here, you may have just committed a crime by posting a false docume

This gets to another component of criminal behavior, that being criminal intent. The doofus, who is claiming he created the Kenyan BC showed this intent by representing it to Orly as being real, or he has now shown this intent if he didn't create Orly's document by fraudulently claiming he produced the document in Orly's possession and creating a fraudulent document to prove it.

Cartoon documents that intend to make a satirical statement would be difficult to obtain a criminal sanction because like monopoly money the are not attempting to represent themselves as official documents and this can be interpreted by the viewer from their face as not being an official document.

393 posted on 08/06/2009 5:08:05 PM PDT by dalight
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