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From: arnold@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Ken Arnold%CGL)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.legal
Subject: Re: Who was damaged by the hate literature
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Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 18:03:19 EST
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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