Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucsfcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!arnold From: arnold@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Ken Arnold%CGL) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.legal Subject: Re: Who was damaged by the hate literature Message-ID: <684@ucsfcgl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 18:03:19 EST Article-I.D.: ucsfcgl.684 Posted: Mon Oct 28 18:03:19 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 05:58:58 EST References: <913@decwrl.UUCP> <863@lsuc.UUCP> <73@ubc-cs.UUCP> <449@looking.UUCP> Reply-To: arnold@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Ken Arnold) Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab Lines: 20 Xref: watmath net.politics:11724 net.legal:2506 In article <449@looking.UUCP> brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) writes: >When passing laws that restrict fundamental rights, we must always consider >how they might be used by an evil government. We must ask questions like, >"how could the government stretch this law to get somebody they wanted >to get?" > >I don't think this law lives up to that test. >-- >Brad Templeton I don't think you go quite far enough here, Brad. I would ask "How could the gov't stretch this law to *harass* somebody?" It really doesn't matter if they succeed in throwing me in jail -- if they can tie up my money and life for a year or two (or more), they can intimidate me and/or any observers to stop whatever it is they don't like. Otherwise I agree with what you say. Ken Arnold