Go to prison for thinking of illegal acts
April 07, 2006 at 09:56 PM | categories: liberty rants | View Comments
In light of all the news of Department of Homeland Security Deputy Press Secretary Brian Doyle's arrest for "using a computer to seduce a child", Becky Ackers over at LewRockwell.com brings up an interesting point.. one that is easily obscured when deep emotions are involved:
Actually, regardless of the crimes Brian has committed against our freedom and the Constitution, he is innocent of the felonies for which he was arrested. He did nothing but email pornography to another, very willing adult, one who eagerly responded and who played on his emotions by pretending to have survived cancer. True, Brian "believed" the cop to be a 14-year-old girl, but only fascists prosecute a man for his thoughts.
Whether or not you approve of soliciting minors in sexual situations, technically, that is not what Mr. Doyle did. It may be difficult to see the corruption here because of how you may feel about the supposed issue, but take another look and you will see that the issue that most people are seeing is not really there.
This sounds like something out of a Phillip K. Dick novel... being apprehended for one's thoughts. Think about that for a while.