freedomforum.org: Federal judge quashes subpoena for Kansas bookstore's sales records

Declan McCullagh declan at well.com
Wed Feb 14 13:18:00 PST 2001


On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 06:19:50PM -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
> It isn't the store that's being protected. It's the purchaser of the
> book, the reader to wit. To force a person to reveal their reading habits

Same principle. Why should book buyers deserve more privacy than
condom buyers? Your thinking is muddled. I've already stipulated
that civil/criminal discovery is far too broad in the U.S.

> Journalist are scum (like lawyers) they sell their integrity, they deserve
> no protection and actually get none. If you look at the history and

Hahahahahahahaha.

-Declan





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