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ChiperSoft 2 hours ago [-]
I know the ACLU is involved, but for crying out loud, the very first thing they should have done after the first visit was call a lawyer, before he even got on a plane to come home.
gordian-mind 2 hours ago [-]
"[...] you will be a sad, despised man who eats himself alive with shame at your own pathetic weakness.
You will never know peace. You will seek to lose yourself, to escape the burden of knowing the truth about yourself. But wherever you go, you will find yourself. You will torment yourself until your last day on Earth,"
This is not "criticism".
In any country on Earth, sending this to a senior law-enforcement official would not end with a polite request to fill out a voluntary statement form.
The man got the softest possible visit from the security state and came away narrating it like a dissident memoir.
neuroticnews25 1 hours ago [-]
I can understand there are acceptable reasons other than intimidation to check on people sending letters like this, but this absolutely is non-violent criticism.
OutOfHere 25 minutes ago [-]
There is no acceptable reason to "check on" him for it. It is political criticism written in an attention gathering way is all. Odds are that a standard critical message would never gain the mind's attention, so people have to get creative.
OutOfHere 58 minutes ago [-]
It is not a threat. All else is legally allowed.
The man's right to petition his government was harmed. And did he have to petition in this way? Yes, he absolutely did, for they listen to nothing else.
goatlover 1 hours ago [-]
Where's the threat that would necessitate a visit? It's not like he had a pizza delivered to the official's home.
You will never know peace. You will seek to lose yourself, to escape the burden of knowing the truth about yourself. But wherever you go, you will find yourself. You will torment yourself until your last day on Earth,"
This is not "criticism".
In any country on Earth, sending this to a senior law-enforcement official would not end with a polite request to fill out a voluntary statement form.
The man got the softest possible visit from the security state and came away narrating it like a dissident memoir.
The man's right to petition his government was harmed. And did he have to petition in this way? Yes, he absolutely did, for they listen to nothing else.