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In reply to the discussion: I agree with Anonymous about this... Do you? [View all]King_Klonopin
(1,305 posts)made to illustrate the disproportion and injustices
inherent within our legal/criminal justice system.
A heinous crime like rape results in less harsh
prison sentences than the "crime" of disseminating
information over the internet. I myself find that to
be a perverse and horrible injustice -- even if it
is an exaggeration. Maybe, it is because some of
our leaders view the free flow of information which
is now being made accessible to the public through
the internet as more of a danger and a threat to our
society -- and status quo -- than rape.
Information incriminates the guilty.
Another example is:
If you embezzled $1,000 from your employer, you
would be arrested, tried in court, and possibly even
serve time in prison for your crime.
On the other hand, NO ONE who was responsible for
the theft of about 1 trillion dollars of taxpayer money
via the "big bank bailout" has been sentenced or even
arrested. Seems disproportionate, but it's true.
This comparison in no way "links" you to those slimy
bankers.
I have noticed there are others here at DU who
seek to find conflict and indignation in a vacuum,
who strain out the gnat while swallowing the camel.
Why be one of them? Relax, Mr. McIntosh.