Juxtaposition
In
Sudan, give a teddy bear a name, go to jail and fret as thousands demand your execution. This is widely condemned in the blogosphere.
In America, call a person a name on the Internet, and you will soon
go to jail. This is widely applauded in the blogosphere.
Responding to a tragic incident with knee-jerk legislation will lead to unintended consequences. Don't we know this by now, or don't we care? And at what point do the consequences stop being merely "unintended" and start being "willfully negligent"?