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Politics : Have you read your constitution today? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E who wrote (225)	10/19/2002 10:35:04 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 403

You say she passed on information- she seems to think she was giving an opinion. Obviously opinions differ. The prior restraint on free speech is what bothers me. And I have no faith or trust in the DOJ following their own rules, or any other rules. The first amendment exception for speech inciting violence is fairly clear. I'm not sure what she said would fall into that exception. If it would not, than she should be free to say what she wanted to say. And I really dislike the SAM thing. I hope it is tested in the SC, and I hope it fails the test.

To: E who wrote (225)	10/20/2002 10:01:42 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 403

How we can prevent terrorism as far as possible, and also not throw away our constitutional protections. I think the most important thing to do, with regard to Al Queda, or any other group like them, is to find out what they want, what they imagine they are setting up, and then do everything in our power to subvert that world vision. In this case many have suggested that Al Queda wants a confrontation between the East and the West. They wanted us to invade Afghanistan. We probably played into their hands by doing that. If we were smart we would not intensify divisions with the Arab community. in fact, right now, we would be seen cementing ties with the Arab community- in Iran and Iraq and in the rest of the Arab world. The best antidotes to what Al Queda says about the West, are clear signs that the US is friendly to Muslim countries. By using violence in the middle East, in an attempt to solve a terrorist problem, we aid the enemy. We might as well be passing out their literature with every bullet we fire over there.