Decius wrote:
] k wrote:
] ] [ This story is a little too lacking to make any kind of
] ] actual assessment. I'd have to read the journal outtake, I
] ] guess, and see if there was any context to support the fact
] ] that it was part of a zombie story.
]
] It might not be, but when you arrest someone for writing
] things there is a very high bar that you need to reach for
] credibility. It is not legal to arrest someone for thought
] crime or for the contents of their private journal. Quotations
] like "Anytime you make any threat or possess matter involving
] a school or function it's a felony in the state of Kentucky"
] don't generate a lot of confidence. A private journal is not a
] threat. In order to threaten someone you have to actually
] present the threat to them. And it certainly is not a "felony
] in the state of kentucky" to posses "matter" involving a
] "school or function," whatever the hell that means. Was he or
] was he not actually planning an attack? Who knows. Until there
] is some shred of information which indicates that he might
] have, one must assume that he was not, and as being arrested
] for one's writings is a very grave matter one must express
] some concern with the situation.

true.

RE: Student Arrested For Writing Zombie Story