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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
Speech is not action, and action is not speech.
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If you truly believe that, try shouting "Bomb" in an airport. Tell the police who are taking you away that you are just speaking, not acting. You will have several years in which to convince them.
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If there is evidence that this individual has molested a child, then arrest him.
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It appears that there is evidence that he was
distributing child pornography. That's why he was arrested. He wasn't arrested for writing about it or for molesting a child.
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If not ... ordering his book from a place where it is illegal to own is should be considered entrapment.
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Not hardly. Ignorance of your local laws is no excuse.
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I am now going to commit a crime.
By reading what follows, you too may be committing a crime.
Communism is bad. Tibet deserves self-determination. China should be free. Democracy is everyone's right. And what's wrong with Falun Gong, anyway?
Crime complete.
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You're correct. If you were in China you might be arrested for saying that. Aung Suu Kyi was arrested for doing the very same thing in Burma.
But it's doubtful that the US would extradite you for it. They might, however,
if you were distributing child pornography. Especially if it were being distributed within the US borders.
And... just to keep things accurate... if you had used a traceable name and address, and were later to visit China, you could be arrested. THAT has happened to people denigrating the Monarchy of Thailand, then subsequently visiting the Kingdom. No freedom of speech about that subject for the Thais.
But the issue with this fellow isn't about Free Speech. It's about distributing child pornography. That's what he was arrested for. It will be up to the courts to decide his guilt or innocence.
Stitchawl