Aces High Bulletin Board

General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Sandman on August 05, 2003, 05:26:04 PM

Title: Freedom of speech?
Post by: Sandman on August 05, 2003, 05:26:04 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/08/05/anarchist.prison.ap/index.html

Title: Freedom of speech?
Post by: funkedup on August 05, 2003, 05:33:37 PM

What was the charge?
Conspiracy is not protected speech BTW.

Title: Freedom of speech?
Post by: john9001 on August 05, 2003, 05:34:14 PM

<<<>>>>


and your point is ??

Title: Freedom of speech?
Post by: SOB on August 05, 2003, 05:36:44 PM

That's great...can we prosecute Google now for returning results to a search for "homemade bombs"?


SOB

Title: Freedom of speech?
Post by: Inferno on August 05, 2003, 06:35:38 PM

They should jail him for being a hippie if not for linking to sites that show how to make bombs. ;)

Title: Freedom of speech?
Post by: Tarmac on August 06, 2003, 01:11:36 AM

What did he do to set himself apart from the zillion other sites that have bomb-making info on them?

ELF doesn't seem too worried.  Still got their arson guide on their site.  
http://www.earthliberationfront.com/main.shtml

Title: Freedom of speech?
Post by: Thrawn on August 06, 2003, 04:27:52 AM

"Austin said he took a plea bargain because he feared his case was eligible for a terrorism enhancement, which could have added 20 years to his sentence. The plea deal had called for him to serve four months."


This isn't the first time I've seen a story like this crop up in the media.  It's kind of a scary trend.

Title: Freedom of speech?
Post by: Ripsnort on August 06, 2003, 08:22:55 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Thrawn
"Austin said he took a plea bargain because he feared his case was eligible for a terrorism enhancement, which could have added 20 years to his sentence. The plea deal had called for him to serve four months."


This isn't the first time I've seen a story like this crop up in the media.  It's kind of a scary trend.

Quote:

Quote

Austin told the judge Monday he "wasn't really thinking" when he created the Web site. "I'd be devastated if someone used this information to harm others," he said.

At least this guy can admit when he's not really thinking Thrawn...;)