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When we hear the term " thought police ," we think about the book "1984" or maybe recall the horrors of the old Soviet Union and its client states, where citizens were afraid to ever speak the truth.

Unfortunately, now when I hear the term, I think of England. I am a lifelong anglophile, the product of watching tons of British television and movies from "Monty Python" to the bawdy and irreverent "Countdown." I’m a descendent of at least three parts of what used to be called the empire, so its history has always held a special meaning for me. But a two-week trip to England wasn’t especially merry with that threat looming overhead.

England arrests 12,000 people a year for what they say online. As someone who speaks his min

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