Hunting The Muse

Thought police - you know,

Thought police - you know, the subject material of his writings is very upsetting and all, but the thing I feel deeply shocked about is that he is in prison for ten years for writing about something that he intended as private. I see a private journal as merely the offloading of private thoughts one has inside, and I have a pretty central belief that we should be able to think whatever we want to. The thought that someone could stumble across a guy's private journal and that the guy could go to jail for ten years for it makes me feel sick.

I suppose it would be different if his writings were "Next Tuesday at 4pm I am going to take Timmy to Tijuana and here is my flight confirmation number" but the charges were porn, not conspiracy or attempted abuse. Posted by Curt at November 20, 2001 01:26 PM