On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Duncan Frissell wrote:

> RTF Webmaster Pleads Guilty

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> Another one of those unfortunate chicken defendants we seem to get. He
> would have got a max of 4-5 at trial. 

And a "max of 4-5" is an acceptable way to spend a few years in hell?

Over the years I've developed rather a lot of respect for you Duncan, but
this is a bunch of hyper-macho bullshit.  Five years in a US prison is no
small deal - it's a ride through the bowels of Malebolge.

> So now he has a felony conviction
> anyway plus endless parole supervision which gives the Feds way too much
> control over you. And he gives up a chance to challenge the "Publish Bomb
> Plans" go to jail law.

Well, since he was such a chickenshit, and you're such a stud, why don't YOU
post the information and fight it?  Come on big-boy - prove to us how manly
you are.  AFter all, you'll likely only get 4-5 max at trial...

> If you go to trial and lose and do your time you are then free of
> supervision. Plus you never admitted any crime. A plea is an admission.

And the end result is the same: you have a felony conviction.  At least his
version allows him to sit down painlessley while he waits out the sentence.

> When you are in custody, your cooperation is the only thing you can deny
> your captors.

Exactly.


-- 
Yours, 
J.A. Terranson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they
should give serious consideration towards setting a better example:
Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and 
elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers,
associates, or others.  Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of
those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the
first place...
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