NODE bcba3e4ahammers, crowbars and remailers & Leahy
jf_avon@citenet.net (Jean-Francois Avon (JFA Technologies, QC, Canada))Sat, 9 Mar 1996 11:38:44 +0800
What is the difference between an small hardware store owner
selling a hammer and a crowbar to a guy that will commit burglary
and
a remailer owner providing services to , say, the same burglar
who wants to sell his stolen goods.
Would an anonymous phone call notifying the hardware store owner that
somebody will buy tools that will be used to commit a crime
be significant?
Any comments?
JFA
Typical govt reasonning:
The first cause of death is life, therefore life should be
outlawed! Yeah, let make a new law! It'll be fun!
NODE 38754514Re: hammers, crowbars and remailers & Leahy
"Declan B. McCullagh" <declan+@CMU.EDU>Sat, 9 Mar 1996 23:37:01 +0800
Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 8-Mar-96 hammers, crowbars and
remai.. by JFA T. QC, Canada@citene
> Would an anonymous phone call notifying the hardware store owner that
> somebody will buy tools that will be used to commit a crime
> be significant?
I don't think so, or at least I'd argue that it's not sufficient. I
think the legal concept is _scienter_, or "guilty knowledge." Is an
anonymous phone call sufficient to establish that?
-Declan