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> Thus not keeping a journal because its contents might be used in a court of law is just a sad state of affairs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE h
by CiPHPerCoder 10y ago
> Thus not keeping a journal because its contents might be used in a court of law is just a sad state of affairs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE
If you record in your journal anything that can be perceived to place you near a crime, whether or not you're guilty or the association is a stretch of the imagination, then your words can be used against you without your right to invoke the 5th amendment. If the journal was seized in the execution of a search warrant, you lose the 4th amendment protections too.
The winning move is to not play.
- Strom 10y agoThat's a great talk which I've seen multiple times. However I still keep a journal with good security. Sure there's a chance that I'm distracted by something while the journal is open and the police bust in right at that moment. That's a risk I'm willing to take, similarly as I'm willing to take the risk of being run over every time I cross the street to go buy some groceries.