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**MexicoCity** · 02-13-2008, 09:55 PM

They should not have been arrested for downloading material.

But were they the "recruiters" for the radical groups? If this teen was "recruited" by them, and he was young enough, wouldn't this be covered under child endangerment?

I have no problem with people spouting whatever they want (I don't LIKE what they say, but I can't take that away from them). I can tell them to get off my front lawn, or protest when they do it at a school or where someone who is not as informed about the situation might hear and get the wrong ideas (children) but saying that they can't download and possibly THINK about all the bad things that they could do is really scary.

I wonder though. Are we really getting this close to 1984 in our current "western" culture, or are we just more aware and inundated by the press by this? McCarthy still takes the cake when it comes to using paranoia as a tool, but the question still arises, are we backsliding, or simply becoming aware of the restrictions that were already there, but never fully utilized? (Signing statements are an example, 1100 and counting from Bushie!)

02-13-2008, 09:55 PM	#3
MexicoCity Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 566 Senior Member	They should not have been arrested for downloading material. But were they the "recruiters" for the radical groups? If this teen was "recruited" by them, and he was young enough, wouldn't this be covered under child endangerment? I have no problem with people spouting whatever they want (I don't LIKE what they say, but I can't take that away from them). I can tell them to get off my front lawn, or protest when they do it at a school or where someone who is not as informed about the situation might hear and get the wrong ideas (children) but saying that they can't download and possibly THINK about all the bad things that they could do is really scary. I wonder though. Are we really getting this close to 1984 in our current "western" culture, or are we just more aware and inundated by the press by this? McCarthy still takes the cake when it comes to using paranoia as a tool, but the question still arises, are we backsliding, or simply becoming aware of the restrictions that were already there, but never fully utilized? (Signing statements are an example, 1100 and counting from Bushie!)
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