FWIW, I think this thread has value....If only to help folks become more 'aware' of their behaviour, both positive/helpful or negative/unhelpful, and modify the same to the most benign level as possible.
Personally I dont mind tsogguatha's 1000 word raves...imo to be able to "type as you talk" is quite a skill! And toady's eloquence when describing his sentiments towards LE is unparalleled, and pretty funny imo

quit the sperg rage hissy fit, and return to making on-topic posts.
I'm not taking sides here, but if anyone went "off topic" here, it wasnt tsog... although I know how easy is to go "off topic" particularly in the Den

the title of this thread is not,
"The occurence of jail time in the autie/aspy community",

in fact I am puzzled as to why ER chose to post that story...as its clearly not related to the topic,
i was once caught with some JWH018 (while still legal), they try to make me 'admit' that it was speed, and in the end, it says in my record i've been arrested for marijuana possession.
they confiscated my laptop under the pretext that it might have been stolen, i gave them the papers, took them 3 months to give it back, and i still have "theft" in my record as well.
IME this level of ignorance,stupidity and arrogance is par for the course re; LE, in most if not all countries, the masses having been thoroughly brainwashed, by the propaganda of The Powers that Be, and as long as "it" doesnt affect them, then why should they care?
(lots of reasons, actually, BUT they don't, and when they do, it will be well and truly too late to complain, let alone do anything about!)
These lawmongers from the dark ages, who little original though when 'enforcing' the law...its seems that "filling the book" (charging people) is more important than whether the person is actually guilty!
And the "public" bang on about
And if by chance, they are caught "out of line", the "I was just/only following orders, its SOP" etc seems to justify most of these actions.
Last year, down here, the police charged more people with pathetic 'misdemeanor' type offences ( Jay walking, littering etc not including drink driving) as opposed to genuinely 'criminal' behavior such as theft, assault, murder, rape and the like!
Why? Because it is "easier" and "fills the charge

book" just as well, and for the majority of peeps, this is acceptable!
Look at the changes occurring in the US, i.e. the extraordinarily named Patriot Act for one... for the moment the general public seem to believe that this law (and others, e.g SOPA and PIPA to name two recent amendments to the CONSTITUTION) as being in their best interests!!!
It appears that the apathy displayed by so many folks in the "West", stemming from a few decades of "comfortable living" to the pointt they have become inured to the skulldugery of their own government, is, imo, truly fuckin scary!
Why was it stupid? Nobody is going to have their door kicked in because of a random NYT article. Get real.
Actually, it was established back in 2009 when the founders of Pirate Bay were taken to court, that a person in the UK can be deported to the US for trial IF their 'activities' have broken US laws

Although this precedent appears to be "case specific" in that the US DPP has to apply to the UK courts for permission to do so, in each instance;
with the conspiracy laws the way they are, someone could potentially find themselves e.g. facing charges for an "alleged" offence of "conspiring to pervert the cause of justice"....
and again its is a "guilty until proven innocent" type of charge, where the DPP has only to provide "circumstantial evidence" against the accused, who then must spend much time and energy refuting the same!
Ok, maybe at the end of the day/year/decade one MIGHT BE lucky enough to "beat" the charges
(while more than likely, having spent some time on remand, while maintaining the "right to remain silent"), but if you have been unlucky enough to have trodden this path, it is understandable that the trauma caused by being wrongly accused ends up suffering PTSD from the mindfuck of being treated/controlled by LE goons!
Anyway, at the end of the day, it IS important that we think about the ramifications of posting ANY material which has the slightest possibilty of negatively impacting either other members, or the forum itself...and refrain from doing so.
after all
we is all friends here, yo?
f1
ps...here's a few perfect examples of what goes down in the US...
cop-arrested-for-killing-unarmed-man-and-family-dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k3rEbx9-A4cops bash man who has just found his son dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ_pJFPyt04&feature=relatedwhat about this? farkin hell "ipso custodes custodiet?" aka "who guards the guards?" does anyone know what happened?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah0WoUDLiEg&feature=related