One day you may be arrested for allegedly plotting the consumption of beef.
Since when did law enforcement and jurisprudence treat of the mere potential for wrongdoing?
Hint: Makes me madd.
He was posting online what his intentions were.....how many times have we seen people do that very thing, carry it out and then we complain that it was known but no action was taken? 🤷
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Since when did law enforcement and jurisprudence treat of the mere potential for wrongdoing?
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You mean aside from the overly ‘slippery-slope’ of thought-, I mean “hate” crime(s)??
If they can presume to read one’s thought/motive(s) & mind there, it’s easy enough to presume {X} ‘might’ do the ‘crime’ of {Y}