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Author, critic, conguero, and tanguero; I tweet my spear unto the populum in defense of human rights -- and to protest assaults on free speech and other ongoing injustices.
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Monday, May 12, 2014
"Criminal satire" court decision looms in Albany SHARE
Can the government criminalize an email on the ground that it's "annoying"? Is excessively deadpan academic parody a crime? This article documents a case in New York that could set precedent for years to come. From the prosecution's summation: "He knows how to twist language, stir up controversy. As a result, what he can do is devious and disturbing. There is no way to sugarcoat this, the defendant is a menace."
"Criminal satire" court decision looms in Albany SHARE
Can the government criminalize an email on the ground that it's "annoying"? Is excessively deadpan academic parody a crime? This article documents a case in New York that could set precedent for years to come. From the prosecution's summation: "He knows how to twist language, stir up controversy. As a result, what he can do is devious and disturbing. There is no way to sugarcoat this, the defendant is a menace."
