hammers, crowbars and remailers & Leahy
What is the difference between an small hardware store owner selling a hammer and a crowbar to a guy that will commit burglary and a remailer owner providing services to , say, the same burglar who wants to sell his stolen goods. Would an anonymous phone call notifying the hardware store owner that somebody will buy tools that will be used to commit a crime be significant? Any comments? JFA Typical govt reasonning: The first cause of death is life, therefore life should be outlawed! Yeah, let make a new law! It'll be fun!
Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 8-Mar-96 hammers, crowbars and remai.. by JFA T. QC, Canada@citene
Would an anonymous phone call notifying the hardware store owner that somebody will buy tools that will be used to commit a crime be significant?
I don't think so, or at least I'd argue that it's not sufficient. I think the legal concept is _scienter_, or "guilty knowledge." Is an anonymous phone call sufficient to establish that? -Declan
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