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Matthew Small IT Supervisor Showstopper National Dance Competitions 3660 Old Kings Hwy Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 843-357-1847 http://www.showstopperonline.com -----Original Message----- From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:52 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Antiwar Protests are against the Constitution? I usually try to avoid political discussions, so I'll keep this semantic. I disagree with your interpretation of the word 'comfort.' In my opinion, the intent of the phrase 'aid and comfort' was to mean physical aid or harbor, such as arms, food, a place to hide, fake ids, etc. I also disagree with the assertion that anti-war means pro-enemy. Let's take an example that I can't imagine happening: out of the blue, Mr. Dinowitz becomes mean and nasty and sets out to hurt both my feelings and livelyhood. So I announce that I'm going to drive up to NYC and take my tire iron upside his punkin' head. If you tell me that I shouldn't hit him, does that mean that you condone his actions and attitude? To put that in more formal terms, a=>b does not imply ~a=>~b Okay, that's my totally non-political, completely semantic take. Let the yelling begin. :-) -- Ben Doom Programmer & General Lackey Moonbow Software, Inc : -----Original Message----- : From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] : Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:30 PM : To: CF-Community : Subject: Antiwar Protests are against the Constitution? : : : http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1302.htm : : Here's what an editorial in The New York Sun has to say: : : The editorial goes on to explain that the New York Civil Liberties Union : is suing on behalf of the protesters, asserting that they have a First : Amendment right to be allowed to march down First Avenue near the U.N. : But the Sun doesn't buy it: : : So long as the protesters are invoking the Constitution, they might have : a look at Article III. That says, "Treason against the United States : shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their : enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of : treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, : or on confession in open court." : : There can be no question at this point that Saddam Hussein is an enemy : of America. . . . And there is no reason to doubt that the "anti-war" : protesters - we prefer to call them protesters against freeing Iraq - : are giving, at the very least, comfort to Saddam Hussein. In a : television interview aired this week, Saddam said, "First of all we : admire the development of the peace movement around the world in the : last few years. We pray to God to empower all those working against war : and for the cause of peace and security based on just peace for all." : After the last big anti-war protest, the one in Washington last month, : Saddam hailed the anti-war protests as proof that Americans back Iraq : rather than President Bush. . . . : : So the New York City police could do worse, in the end, than to allow : the protest and send two witnesses along for each participant, with an : eye toward preserving at least the possibility of an eventual treason : prosecution. Thus fully respecting not just some, but all of the : constitutional principles at stake. : : To those concerned about civil liberties, we'd cite the pragmatic : argument made last night by, of all people, the New York Times's : three-time Pulitzer-Prize winning foreign affairs columnist, Thos. : Friedman. "I believe we are one more 9/11 away from the end of the open : society," Mr. Friedman [said] . . . . His point was that if terrorists : strike again at America and kill large numbers of Americans, the : pressure to curb civil liberties and civil rights will be "enormous and : unstoppable." What we took from that was that the more successful the : protesters are in making their case in New York, the less chance they'll : have the precious constitutional freedom to protest here the next time : around. : ---------- : : More on the page itself. : : -Gel : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
