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Re:Illegal Math by RockyMcNuts on Thursday March 17, 2016 @02:13PM (#11306327)
All kinds of speech is regulated... talking about a murder is conspiracy, financial transactions are just bits moving around and they are highly regulated, talking about transactions incorrectly is fraud, yelling 'fire' in a crowded movie theater is a crime... as soon as there's a nexus between speech and action the speech is regulated.
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Re:Illegal Math by CamperBob2 on Thursday March 17, 2016 @04:59PM (#11307566)
And this is why we have the term mens rea.

Obviously there is much more to conspiracy than "talking about a murder," or Stephen King would be locked up in Supermax. It's as if Comey is asking for the right to review every murder mystery or horror novel before it hits the shelves. If he wants his job to be that easy, he should send his resume to North Korea.

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