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It is in fact illegal to "daydream" (i.e. make solid plans) about doing certain crimes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_(crime) https://en.wikipedia.or

• moocowduckquack 13y ago
  To try and define the term "daydream" as being equivalent to "make solid plans" so that you can equate daydreaming with criminal conspiracy is some of the most tortuous logic I have seen in a while. Have you ever thought of a job as a government press secretary? You'd fit right in.
  • ceol 13y ago
    Trying to define "talking to your friends about how you're going to sell stolen information" as being equivalent to "daydream" is the tortuous logic I was responding to. Please read the entire thread and not just comments you don't agree with.
    • moocowduckquack 13y ago
      I did read the whole thread and I just read the published transcripts. He does not say that he is going to sell stolen information. He does remark on irc that the information is valuable and could be sold or used for a phishing operation, but that is an observation of reality, and can not be taken as a statement of intent without some other evidence showing that he was likely to pursue that course of action, and given that he then handed the list to gawker it would seem that this was not his intent, though the possibility had obviously crossed his mind. To consider the possibility of indulging in criminal behaviour is not the same as planning to do so.
• numbsafari 13y ago
  Typically Conspiracy requires more than just "dreaming". It requires an overt or concrete action being taken in the implementation of that daydream. If that were the case then any number of "spy thriller" type authors would be potentially guilty of conspiracy for publishing their "daydreams".