Friday, March 04, 2011

U.S. court endorses thought crime

We read:
"So when I first read of U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler’s recent ruling on Obamacare, in which she states, among other things, that “mental activity” can be treated as “commerce,” even if that activity does not lead to observable, demonstrable action, and that no distinction can be made between the actions of one’s mind and physical actions, I immediately recalled a statement in Orwell’s novel Nineteen-Eighty Four: "Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death."

Judge Kessler, a Clinton appointee, has thus, whether she knows it or not, endorsed the notion of thought crime, or “crimethink.” The “thought crime” she is endorsing, which is not choosing to buy government-mandated health insurance after private consideration (or none at all), will not entail anything as severe as execution by the state. Instead, it would entail a hefty penalty (a special “tax”) on the recalcitrant, or even prison.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The only crime i see here is having this leftist douche bag on the bench. I wonder if Bubba gave her the job while she was on her knees. Hmm...

Anonymous said...

Has anyone noticed the irony of the health care law? Congress derives it's supposed authority to regulate health care from the commerce clause which allows regulation of interstate commerce. What interstate commerce? The insurance companies are prohibited from selling insurance across state lines!