I agree with you that there are situations where moderate restrictions to ones freedom are acceptable for the betterment of everyone. However all that this kid did was publish literature that was not favorable to the government, and have a link to information on explosives.
Now I may not agree with his political views, but it seems to me that he hasn't done anything illegal. I don't think anyone here is going to argue that it should be a crime to publish your disapproval with the government. But the sticky situation is with the explosive information. This is not privileged information. Anyone can learn how to do it by hundreds of other web sites, or even by taking a first year chem class. It seems to me Sherman was arrested because he put these two subjects together on one page. Now if you look at it like that, does it change your views? I wonder if he only had explosive info on his site, would he still be in prison??
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I agree with you that there are situations where moderate restrictions to ones freedom are acceptable for the betterment of everyone. However all that this kid did was publish literature that was not favorable to the government, and have a link to information on explosives.
Now I may not agree with his political views, but it seems to me that he hasn't done anything illegal. I don't think anyone here is going to argue that it should be a crime to publish your disapproval with the government. But the sticky situation is with the explosive information. This is not privileged information. Anyone can learn how to do it by hundreds of other web sites, or even by taking a first year chem class. It seems to me Sherman was arrested because he put these two subjects together on one page. Now if you look at it like that, does it change your views? I wonder if he only had explosive info on his site, would he still be in prison??