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Death of the Die-in
25 years in prison for blocking traffic!
Death Of The "Die-In"?
OREGON LAW WOULD JAIL WAR PROTESTERS AS TERRORISTS
Reuters
An Oregon anti-terrorism bill would jail street-blocking protesters for
at least 25 years in a thinly veiled effort to discourage anti-war
demonstrations, critics say. The bill has met strong opposition but
lawmakers still expect a debate on the definition of terrorism and the
value of free speech before a vote by the state senate judiciary
committee, whose Chairman, Republican Senator John Minnis, wrote the
proposed legislation. Dubbed Senate Bill 742, it identifies a terrorist
as a person who "plans or participates in an act that is intended, by
at least one of its participants, to disrupt" business, transportation,
schools, government, or free assembly.
http://news.findlaw.com/news/s/20030403/lifeprotestsdc.html
View The Bill (Oregon Senate Bill 742) [PDF]
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/conlaw/orsb742.pdf
OREGON LAW WOULD JAIL WAR PROTESTERS AS TERRORISTS
Reuters
An Oregon anti-terrorism bill would jail street-blocking protesters for
at least 25 years in a thinly veiled effort to discourage anti-war
demonstrations, critics say. The bill has met strong opposition but
lawmakers still expect a debate on the definition of terrorism and the
value of free speech before a vote by the state senate judiciary
committee, whose Chairman, Republican Senator John Minnis, wrote the
proposed legislation. Dubbed Senate Bill 742, it identifies a terrorist
as a person who "plans or participates in an act that is intended, by
at least one of its participants, to disrupt" business, transportation,
schools, government, or free assembly.
http://news.findlaw.com/news/s/20030403/lifeprotestsdc.html
View The Bill (Oregon Senate Bill 742) [PDF]
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/conlaw/orsb742.pdf
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they leave violence as the only option.
If you were to lay in the street and delay an ambulance from getting someone to the hospital in time and they DIED, would you be guilty of murder?
Or if the police are watching your lay in the street and someone gets killed or raped because there wasn't a police presense to deter that crime, would you be responsible?
I think you would.
Or if the police are watching your lay in the street and someone gets killed or raped because there wasn't a police presense to deter that crime, would you be responsible?
I think you would.
Good thing you are not a lawyer. I am.
Those points to ponder are just more of the same moral relativism used to justify practicaly everything these days. What if you don't carry a gun and someone attacks me with a knife and you don't have a gun to shoot them with, are you guilty of my murder? I think you are. What if Saddam has 50000000 nukes placed in his back pocket tucked away under the 80000000000000 litres of vx nerve gas and he doen't like the latest hollywood blockbuster so fries hollywood wouldn't you be responsible for not ensuring hollywood produced films he liked? I think you would. Grow up.
What school of ethics did you study at, Harry? Your assertion is preposterous. Furthermore, the likelihood that an act of civil disobedience would prevent an EMT from saving a life is so slim that creating legislation for this purpose is a ridiculous waste of time. Think things out before you write them, please.
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