"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." George Orwell
America in 2008 is a land and a time of universal deceit. It is odd, and disheartening, that when I speak out in defense of liberty I get accused of being a bad person. It happens time after time. Just because I think it is deplorable that dishonest cops can entrap pedophiles online, I am assumed to be "pro-pedophile"...or worse. Just because I will not turn my back on my parental responsibilities and let bad(ge) guys do my job for me, I am assumed to be childless.
It is absolutely sickening that America has fallen so far down the collectivist rat-hole that people can say such things about my comments on a newspaper's website, and about me personally, and no one else says "Hey, you know... maybe it is wrong for cops to become online predators themselves in order to catch pedophiles." Who cares if the Supreme Court says it is "legal"? "Legal" is not the same as "right". Am I the only one who still believes that two wrongs DO NOT make a right? If you violate the worse aggressor's rights, you will violate the most innocent person's rights, too. Just give it time.
Notice too, that they threaten to initiate force against me, by throwing the state at me for speaking out. Who was supposed to teach them right and wrong? They are also against free speech, I guess. I wonder if they believe like Bush does when it comes to the highest law of the land: the Constitution. They obviously have no respect for the Bill of Rights.
To think that these poor people believe they are "patriotic Americans". They turn a blind eye as the police state grows and becomes more and more dangerous with each passing day. They are so wrapped up in wanting to punish someone that they can't see that these same methods will eventually be used against them as well. Everyone does something that either is, or will be, frowned upon by the state. And not all of those things involve actual initiated force or fraud. Yet the state kills those people just as quickly.
It is sad that they feel the need to hate me so much. They are comfortable in their ignorance. I hope they enjoy being loaded onto the cattle cars by their "friends" in government when their "patriotism" isn't enough anymore. I'll still be speaking up for their rights when it happens.... if I am still around.
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"Am I the only one who still believes that two wrongs DO NOT make a right?"
ReplyDeleteAw c'mon, Kent, you're obviously overlooking the clown suit exemption here. And the "no evil too great in the name of our children" exception. And the "principles count for nothing" axiom.
Note also the poll on the front page of the newspaper site:
What do you think about Curry County law officers posing as underage girls to catch Internet predators?
Anything that helps catch child molesters is good: 90%
Officers' use of deception is troubling, even if the intention is good: 4%
We pay these officers to patrol the county — not the Internet: 6%
Total Votes: 215
No big shock, I suppose, when the town is next to this.
As for universal deception, the icing on the cake, truly, is the newspaper's corporate name, Freedom Communications. I guess irony is dead, too.
Actually, I have had some very interesting conversations with the editor of that paper and am convinced that "Freedom" is not just a name to them. That doesn't mean that the readers (and commenters) of the paper "get it".
ReplyDeleteThe problem of course, is that people will let emotionalism trump traditional legal logic (if that isn't a complete oxymoron).
ReplyDeleteMurder still requires a victim, but the thought crime of pedophilia does not. Thus, while no actual victim is involved in these 'stings', the community and law enforcement are perfectly willing to pretend there is one. This is not to say that children or anyone for that matter, shouldn't be 'protected' by the 'law'. But rather, that a willingness or capacity to commit such an act constitutes sufficient grounds to prosecute.
Unfortunately people are fine with this and bludgeon people who are not as miscreants, fools and horrendous individuals. This is most likely due to a capacity to be unreflective about the lines between the individual and the state.
The real question then becomes, how far are others willing to let this happen. It's conceivable that IP addresses could link porn and masturbation. If this becomes unacceptable, we could see the rise of wanker prisons.
One thing that seems bizarre to me is that cartoon "child porn" with no real children, still can get people into trouble. I know the justification ("if they like fake, then they'll want real"), but I don't really buy it. That could be used to outlaw a LOT of things.
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