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To: Jim S who wrote (52267)	10/18/2006 5:39:03 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) of 90947

What did you expect? He's a wonk, and all wonks write well. -g- However, his criticism of this statute is rank, IMO. There isn't a single law that can't be parsed or deconstructed by creative legal minds into something it isn't. Furthermore, one example he uses is hollow. Broadcasting Hezbollah, an organization on the State Dept's terrorist list, into American homes is illegal. It was illegal before this new law and it's still illegal. That programming includes explicit calls for violence, including ones that promote suicide bombing against American troops in Iraq, according to a source in the link he provided. Some broadcasts glorify suicide bombings and suicide bombers themselves as martyrs, and, according to the link, children’s programming encourages youngsters to “join the jihad and give their lives for the cause.” The fact that those aliens who break that law could face a different procedure for the administration of justice, if they qualify under the statute, isn't something to get worked up about, IMO. What it comes down to is a recognition that terrorism is not a criminal activity, it's an act of war. This law helps codify that.

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