Danger Will Robenson, Danger!

[JackLuis]

Amazon pedophilia author arrested

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — Florida officials filed an obscenity charge Monday against the author of a self-published how-to guide for pedophiles that was yanked from Amazon.com last month after it generated online outrage .

Polk County sheriff's deputies arrested Philip Ray Greaves II hundreds of miles away from Florida at his home in Pueblo, Colorado, and charged him with violating Florida's obscenity law.

See the danger of print media? Interstate commerce.

 

[Bebeslut]

See the danger of print media? Interstate commerce.

Yes, but what is the Internet but interstate commerce?

 

[Boxlicker101]

I have extreme dislike for this person, but I don't see how the state of FL can touch him, unless he's dumb enough to waive extradition or take a trip there. If what he did is not illegal in CO, that state won't extradite. It's a pretty trumped up case anyhow, and smells of entrapment.

 

[JackLuis]

Yes, but what is the Internet but interstate commerce?

Delivery as a file is different that sending a book through the mail.

I presume a file transferred is not legally the same as a mailed book.

 

[Bebeslut]

I have extreme dislike for this person, but I don't see how the state of FL can touch him, unless he's dumb enough to waive extradition or take a trip there. If what he did is not illegal in CO, that state won't extradite. It's a pretty trumped up case anyhow, and smells of entrapment.

I understand that he has waived extradition and that Colorado authorities felt they had sufficient justification under state law to arrest him.

 

[Pure]

he's a vile fellow, but i'm not sure any obscenity law covers his actions.

florida's obscenity law, further, is itself a joke apparently prohibiting

"distribution of obscene material depicting minors engaged in conduct harmful to minors."

romeo and juliet; poison taking?

i doubt the book contains 'depictions' (i.e. pictures) of that sort.

it seems one needs a law against counselling (or maybe abetting) the commission of a crime, and such do exist. if that's what the text does.

in my lay opinion, for the US at least, discussion of vile acts, lauding and praising them, even reveling in them, or even writing fantasies about doing them, are all protected speech (assuming the usual indications of obscenity and pornagrpahy are not present.).

 

[mynameisben]

Hokey smokes! How old of a coot do you have to be to know who Will Robinson is?

 

[TxRad]

he's a vile fellow, but i'm not sure any obscenity law covers his actions.

florida's obscenity law, further, is itself a joke apparently prohibiting

"distribution of obscene material depicting minors engaged in conduct harmful to minors."

romeo and juliet; poison taking?

i doubt the book contains 'depictions' (i.e. pictures) of that sort.

it seems one needs a law against counselling (or maybe abetting) the commission of a crime, and such do exist. if that's what the text does.

in my lay opinion, for the US at least, discussion of vile acts, lauding and praising them, even reveling in them, or even writing fantasies about doing them, are all protected speech (assuming the usual indications of obscenity and pornagrpahy are not present.).

It's a self-published how-to guide for pedophiles. Any other question on why it would come under Florida's obscenity law? Or any other place for that matter.

 

[JackLuis]

Hokey smokes! How old of a coot do you have to be to know who Will Robinson is?

Took you long enough to realize.