Total Criminalization

[lizzymahoney]

Back to Flint's more general topic, I do a number of things that law and order types might get upset about. It's not so much that I have to break laws, but I see absolutely nothing wrong with some of the personal research I do, or the things I create.

If I was ever arrested for anything that gave a wide open search warrant to police, I could be in some hot water. I guess that would depend on what my alleged crime was. If it was murder by motor vehicle, perhaps my distillation efforts, odd botanicals, and archaic weaponry would be of no interest.

However, I have a friend whose personal collection of murder mysteries was confiscated when her husband was arrested for murder... They were returned, but how do you suppose an Agatha Christie novel incriminates a devoted reader?

So, I'd rather not be too specific but, yeah, I have a number of areas of interest that I'd rather not come to law enforcement's attention.

Maybe about ten years ago, an ex and I were out in the canoe on a large lake with a small island. The tiny beach on this half acre island had some interesting stuff. There was an attenuated pot plant growing in the sand about an inch and a half high. It wouldn't survive, and was showing serious signs of distress. He plucked it and stuck it on the prow. We started back to the dock when he noticed a cop car in the parking lot. He tossed it rather than the possibility of this tiny plant of two leaves getting us in trouble. Might seem far fetched, but really you just don't know what will make some joe with a badge come down hard on you.