Naughty Journal Author Denied Plea Change

[Mac Norton]

Is there a point to this discussion?  If either one of you
knew anything about the law you'd be dangerous.
MacN

On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 03:31:11AM -0500, measl at mfn.org wrote:
> > As I understand this story, the guy had a diary which contained written
> > descriptions of things he would *like* to do, not a photo album of kids
> > bent over a table...
> 
> Your snotty message notwithstanding (I now regret taking you seriously
> in the past, and I'll try not to make that mistake again), my point
> was not to defend the law, as I made clear in the portion of my post
> you conveniently neglected to include.
> 
> (In fact, since 1996 and the "morphed child porn" law in effect, Photoshop-
> created fantasies have been illegal to possess, and people have been convicted
> under that law, and their convictions (mostly) upheld.)
> 
> My point was that this is a natural outgrowth of existing child porn and
> obscenity laws, and if you're upset at this, you should naturally be upset
> at the entire framework.
> 
> -Declan
> 
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