Why bring me into this. I haven't been involved in this discussion at all. Unless my memory is completely screwed, I haven't even posted to this discussion until this one.
>Your logic and your definitions are inaccurate, Larry > >> * Treason: disloyalty or treachery to one's country or its government. >> Treason is any attempt to overthrow the government or impair the >> well-being of a state to which one owes allegiance; the crime of >> giving aid or comfort to the enemies of one's government. > >According to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/treason > >"the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government >of the state to which the offender owes allegiance or to kill or >personally injure the sovereign or the sovereign's family" > >No where in that definition (or in yours, actually) does it say >anything about deceiving the citizens of the nation. Treason deals >specifically with the act of trying to subvert one's government... and >while the people elect the government, the people are not the >government proper. > >The Presidential oath of office reads: "I do solemnly swear (or >affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the >United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect >and defend the Constitution of the United States." Congressional >members swear a different oath, "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that >I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States >against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith >and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, >without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will >well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am >about to enter: So help me God." > >So whether you agree with their actions, their reasons/motivations or >even the outcomes, they did not commit treason. > >Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265762 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
