> Emlyn wrote:
> >
> > > I could do some research, but off the top of my head there was a case
> > > across the river in White River Junction, VT just a couple months ago
> > > where a black police officer was called n_____ by a drunk woman he
> > > arrested for D&D. At the station he also pressed charges for a hate
> > > crime, and won in court over her innocent plea. The woman insisted she
> > > never used such language when sober and did not conciously intend to
use
> > > that epithet.
> >
> > Sounds fair enough to me. Drugs/alcohol shouldn't get you out of social
> > responsibility, especially when voluntarily self administered.
> >
> > > Given that drugs like alcohol act to suppress the ego and
> > > allow the id more liberties (i.e. reduces inhibitions) this is as
close
> > > to a thought crime as I think it is possible to go.
> >
> > id? Isn't that a games development company? Why are you spouting Freud
on
> > the cusp of the 21st century?
> >
> > Really, it's not a thought crime at all. She really said it, the real
> > person.
>
> If this is so, then why is court testimony under the influence of drugss
> deemed inadmissible?
>
Dunno, I'm not a lawyer.
I never thought of doing that. Do you get in big trouble for giving
testimony from on high?
Emlyn
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