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To: Lane3 who wrote (44400)	5/14/2004 1:08:00 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

I can't help it. What Kennedy said brought to mind the word sedition and it's definition. I would feel the same about anyone regardless of his political affiliation or who he is. That in itself doesn't dispute the fact that he has all the rights granted to say what he said. M se·di·tion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (s-dshn) n. Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state. Insurrection; rebellion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Middle English sedicioun, violent party strife, from Old French sedition, from Latin sditi, sditin- : sd-, s-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European Roots + iti, act of going (from itus, past participle of re, to go. See ei- in Indo-European Roots).] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- se·dition·ist n. [Download or Buy Now] Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc. sedition \Se*di"tion\, n. [OE. sedicioun, OF. sedition, F. s['e]dition, fr. L. seditio, originally, a going aside; hence, an insurrectionary separation; pref. se-, sed-, aside + itio a going, fr. ire, itum, to go. Cf. Issue.] 1. The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an overt act; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to lawful authority. In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition. --Shak. Noisy demagogues who had been accused of sedition. --Macaulay. 2. Dissension; division; schism. [Obs.] Now the works of the flesh are manifest, . . . emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies. --Gal. v. 19, 20. Syn: Insurrection; tumult; uproar; riot; rebellion; revolt. See Insurrection. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.