The U.S. Sedition Act

[rs7]

Quote from MondoTrader:

The time for opposition is before the war, not during the war. I hope the FBI is monitoring everything on the internet right now, there are some people that don't deserve to live in this country.

Mondo Trader = Big Brother!

Very comforting.

 

[rs7]

Quote from MondoTrader:

"Protesters say they hope to impose economic, social and political costs until the war with Iraq stops."

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030320&Category=APN&ArtNo=303200826&Ref=AR

These must be the violent Marxist protestors that AAA was referring to. They sure sound like a dangerous bunch. Riding their bicycles slowly and other acts of aggression and violence. Looks like a real bloodbath in the making.

Hahahahahaha.

Peace,
Rs7

 

[Madison]

Quote from AAAintheBeltway:

My main point however is that the right to free speech is not coextensive with the right to assemble or petition the government. I think one of the more unfortunate aspects of the civil rights movement was that well-meaning judges grossly enlarged the protections given to conduct, eg. street protests, because they sympathized with the message.

this SF protest provides some good support for AAA's argument. you could definitely say that some of these people are intentionally crossing the line between "speech" and "riot," or at least coming very close:

11:00 PST -- Waves of anti-war protesters made good on their promise to disrupt downtown San Francisco this morning, as they occupied intersections throughout the Financial District, South of Market and Civic Center, preventing buses and cars from navigating the streets.

Demonstrations began with sunrise and heated up rapidly after 7 a.m., as groups of protesters fanned out to locations they had selected over the previous several weeks.

By late morning, demonstrators were still moving from intersection to intersection, and large portions of Market Street, Van Ness Avenue and other thoroughfares were blocked off.

The roving protesters also stalled firefighters trying to respond to emergencies, fire officials said. Firefighters also assisted police in some cases by using bolt cutters on protesters who had locked their arms together in metal sleeves.

About 400 demontrators made an attempt late Thursday morning to close the Bay Bridge. But when 40 California Highway Patrol officers blocked their way at Fremont and Howard streets, they changed directions and headed up Mission toward Fourth.

The tie-ups started early: At 7:15 a.m., a band of six young men wearing orange vests and hard hats stolen from a construction crew furtively dashed onto the Eighth Street off-ramp from Highway 101, put down orange cones, flares and men-at-work signs, then ran off.

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[Madison]

Quote from MondoTrader:

The time for opposition is before the war, not during the war. I hope the FBI is monitoring everything on the internet right now, there are some people that don't deserve to live in this country.

are you being serious?

 

[msfe]

Quote from Madison:



are you being serious?

is Ashcroft being serious ?

 

[MondoTrader]

"Protesters have been carrying out demonstrations around Washington, DC Thursday morning in response to the U.S.-led war with Iraq.

Some gathered on bicycles and traveled through downtown carrying signs that said ``Bikes not Bombs.'' Others traveling on foot met up at a metro station. "

They are being arrested also yeah, if we all just ride our bikes more there will be peace on earth ! Ha ! This is the intellectual level of most of the anti-war people.


http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=1189053

 

[Madison]

Quote from msfe:



is Ashcroft being serious ?

I get the impression that he is, definitely.

 

[MondoTrader]

web sites can be shut down under this act as well.

 

[dgabriel]

Quote from MondoTrader:

[B
This is the intellectual level of most of the anti-war people.

http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=1189053 [/B]

Some of the most anti-war people I have ever met have been combat veterans and current service members. They hate it despite their duties.

It's a shame that some of those ideologically aligned with Bush will exploit this war to tar those who favored a peaceful solution with the Sedition brush or even those who simply are not Republican. The notion that opposition to war is against our troops interests or aids the enemy is rather absurd.

In Iraq now, anyone voicing support for Amercan liberation runs the risk of his own death but I hope that will change very soon with this war. Thank God Americans can dissent with constitutional protections. You don't have to be leftist to recognize the facsist tendencies in people like Mondotrader.

 

[aphexcoil]

Well ...

What's going to wind up happening is that these ultra-liberal anti-war protestors are going to divert enough police attention away from other things such as terrorist prevention and while there are 1,000 cops keeping 100,000 people in line, the terrorists are going to walk in and have a field day with us.