2002-02-14 15:07:04+01 by Dan Lyke 3 comments
More fuel for Dylan's Republican sympathizing Libertarians rant, ignoring any pretext of local control, the new administration is destroying the Bay Area's medical marijuana process, and trying to make your reading habits evidence in court.
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#Comment made: 2002-02-21 06:35:19+01 by: TheSHAD0W
I will tell you, a lot of the actions of the current administration make me feel sorry I voted for Bush.
*pause*
Oh, wait, that's right. I didn't vote for Bush.
#Comment made: 2002-02-21 06:35:20+01 by: Shawn
I don't know about the reading habits issue. In the case of an already established invenstigation, the requests of law enforcement [mentioned in the Salon article] seemed perfectly reasonable to me. With the possible execption of the Amazon one - which I think could have been narrowed down a bit (they didn't really need records for all those people). But if you're already under investigation and that information if part of building the case, I don't have a problem with that.
#Comment made: 2002-02-21 06:35:20+01 by: Dan Lyke
All of those seemed to be part of collecting circumstantial evidence. Laying that on the Republican administration is a little unfair, but way too many people have been harrassed and even falsely convicted because their reading materials didn't mesh with community standards.
In other words: Pay cash and don't participate in tracking programs.
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