The following conversation took place during a discussion about Thought Crimes and mental monitoring.

Subject: Re: IC: Wolves Glen Pub
From: malada2(AT)aol.com (Malada 2)
Date: 06/19/2001 9:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: <20010619210914.12954.00000022(AT)nso-cn.aol.com>

Alistair J. R. Young <avatar(AT)panix.com> writes:

>>> "Conspiracy to Commit, Maleficial Memetic Transmission, and
>>> Depravity."
>
>> "My dear woman," Palanis says with eyebrows raised, "if we
>> were that strict about it Conspiracy to Commit we'd have to
>> imprision half the people in the city, especially if they'd had
>> a particularly day at work.
>
>"If half your population are actually *planning* to commit criminal
>acts, bad day at work or no, you've got some serious social issues to
>deal with."

"Oh for heaven's sake," the Major laughs, "it comes down to a
matter of degree. How do you differentiate between the person
who daydreams about boiling his boss in oil and those who actually
_would_. That's the problem."
  
>> As for Maleficial Memetic Transmission, there'd go half our
>> politicians." A smile finally quirks the corners of her mouth up.
>> "As for Depravity, that would take out the rest of the politicians."
>
>"If you have politicians routinely inciting the formation of
>everything from suicide cults

"Called the police department..."

>to terrorist groups,

"They call themselves political parties..."

>and for that matter the multifarous... unpleasantnesses
>falling under the category of 'depravity' -

"Re-election campaigns?"

>well, I dare say *someone* ought to take them out."

Palanis chortles in a most unprofessional manner.

>> -Maj. Palanis
>> Not that it would be a bad thing...
>> oops, I didn't think that.
>
>- Cordelia
> I did.

-Maj. Palanis
Then you're under arrest for
plotting to commit mass murder