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On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 19:45:13 -0500, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 19:23:42 -0500, Warp wrote:
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>> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>>> What's more, the Stasi actually were locking people up for what they
>>> say and think. We're not at that point in the US. Yet.
>>
>> Yeah. So far you have to do something really heinous like make a joke
>> in order to get in jail.
>
> Again, the exception, not the rule. You don't seem to understand that
> one case in 100,000 does not a trend make.
>
>> http://www.change.org/petitions/release-my-son-justin-carter-being-
> prosecuted-for-a-facebook-comment
>>
>> If that were just a single, isolated incident...
>
> Hmmm, so you know of more? You see a trend somewhere beyond a few
> isolated incidents? Do tell.
Because yeah, I can see the parallels between a few isolated incidences
like this and, oh, genocide. Yeah, they're *so* alike, of course they
should be compared.
You might just need to get this thing called a "sense of proportion".
Back in the twit filter you go.
Jim
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