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Free speech wins out"Prosecutors drop charges against student
author of violent essay"
I am glad to see this one, even if I don't agree with the
reasons. More on that after the quotes.
Prosecutors have dropped charges against a McHenry County high school senior who wrote a violent, profanity-laced creative-writing essay that disturbed his teacher. Allen Lee, 18, had been charged with two misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct after writing the essay, in which the Cary-Grove High School student described dreaming about shooting people and having sex with dead bodies. Police were right to investigate but authorities have determined that Lee is not a threat to himself or others, said McHenry County State's Attorney Louis Bianchi. "The police were obligated under these circumstances to do whatever legally possible they could to ensure the safety of Mr. Lee, the students and the school," Bianchi told reporters after a May 23 hearing. So he got off. Why don't I agree with the reasons? Because it still puts government judging what is and is not acceptable to think and say, it just adds that little "harming others" qualification. Now remember, this guy didn't actually do anything. He thought it and he wrote it after his teacher asked him what he thought. So even though it looks like a win for individual liberty, it enshrines the morality of the state as the only judge. That is scary. Hat tip Wren's Nest. 
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- May 26, 2007 at 03:06 PM
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