Many people think Rusty Yates should be held accountable for the death of his children. People are saying that he knew Andrea Yates had violent thoughts toward the children. He says he knew she thought bad things about the kids. Many people think he should be sent to prison as well for this.
I think this is wrong, and dangerous to freedom. If we allow travesties like this to exist, then before long we won't have enough prisons to hold all the poeple we'll be sending there. Because they knew someone who commited a crime had bad thoughts about the crime they commited before they commited it, therefore they are guilty. Thought crime.
We could even carry this even farther and say that the people who thought Rusty Yates knew that Andrea Yates had bad thoughts are guilty as well, and should be locked up for not acting on these thoughts.
Do we really want to lock up people for what we think they knew about what someone else said they think?
I don't.
I think this is wrong, and dangerous to freedom. If we allow travesties like this to exist, then before long we won't have enough prisons to hold all the poeple we'll be sending there. Because they knew someone who commited a crime had bad thoughts about the crime they commited before they commited it, therefore they are guilty. Thought crime.
We could even carry this even farther and say that the people who thought Rusty Yates knew that Andrea Yates had bad thoughts are guilty as well, and should be locked up for not acting on these thoughts.
Do we really want to lock up people for what we think they knew about what someone else said they think?
I don't.
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