Ian Freeman of FTL arrested (11/14/08)

[AntonLee]

Judge caved, courts caved, system caved.  Ian's in court again for the "illegal freedom fest" . . . wonder if the definition of 'being good' has changed now.

If Ian does the same things he did this last time, I wonder if they'll have the nuts to actually put him in jail and tack on the 93 days or if they'll try and ignore the 'misbehavior'

it'll be an interesting show that's for sure.

[Kat Kanning]

Did someone try calling Julia?  (I don't have number)

[laur]

i am smiling.

[Sam A. Robrin]

So magnanimous.   

This was really starting to gain serious momentum.  They killed it just in time.

It's outrageous regardless, and I'm as determined as ever.

[slim]

I have the feeling that the story was left out there for too long and it will still become news. If the court wanted to save face I think they were too slow.

[Coconut]

Did someone try calling Julia?  (I don't have number)

Me either. Nor Mark's.

[rancemuhamitz]

I wonder if there were any "can't talk about this" conditions?

[Sam A. Robrin]

If they did release him today, they were smart to do so - it makes them look a little less violent than had they not.

Be cognizant that this reaction is the one they're counting on to shut us all up--and that complacency will only be used again later to soften us up and take us by surprise for something even more outrageous.

[Josh]

At least the inevitable crackdown won't be coming as a surprise.

[Kat Kanning]

Panera said Julia had gone home for the evening.

[Evenstar]

I wonder if there were any "can't talk about this" conditions?

I can't imagine that he'd comply with any of this type of condition if they were set.  And unless jail was MUCH worse than he expected, he'd probably tell them so up front.  (If it WAS much worse, then they succeeded in their goal of breaking him, which I doubt.)

[SamIam]

Be cognizant that this reaction is the one they're counting on to shut us all up--and that complacency will only be used again later to soften us up and take us by surprise for something even more outrageous.

I think they are stacking on the penalties to gain leverage. If they suspended the charges, then they can reinstate them later adding on to any future charges. PR is still going to be a problem for them.

Can anyone post the porc411 call?

[bile]

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[Sam A. Robrin]

Incidentally, while looking for a good image of His Hammurabism Himself (I wanted something to which I could attach the caption "IS THIS FACE WORTH SAVING?") I ran across this:

Forty-nine-year-old Edward Burke was sentenced Wednesday in Bridgeport federal court to 37 months in prison. He pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography a year ago.Authorities say they found more than 300 images...

"Mistaken identity"?  That's what they all say . . .

[Mike Barskey]

I wonder if there were any "can't talk about this" conditions?

I don't think any such conditions would alter Ian's decision to talk about it or not.

If they did release him today, they were smart to do so - it makes them look a little less violent than had they not.

Be cognizant that this reaction is the one they're counting on to shut us all up--and that complacency will only be used again later to soften us up and take us by surprise for something even more outrageous.

Absolutely! There will be people (probably not in this movement) that will think thins like "well, they released Ian, so they can't be all that bad." We'll have to be ever vigilant to explain that the evil still exists.