On Thu, 7 Nov 1996 attila@primenet.com wrote:
In <v03007800aea4b053298a@[207.167.93.63]>, on 11/05/96 at 12:53 AM, "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net> said:
.At 1:14 PM -0800 11/4/96, Ernest Hua wrote: .>I'm looking for 19 other people interested in "Secret Power" (Craig .>Potton Publishers has indicated that there is a discount for 20 or .>more copies). If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, please .>contact me by phone or E-Mail.
.Just wondering...doesn't such a call for a group purchase of such a .dangerous book constitute a RICO (Racketeer-Influenced and Crypto .Organizations Act) violation?
.--Tim May
I trust your RICO (Racketeer-Influenced and "Crypto" Organizations Act) is tongue in cheek? The original title was "Corrupt" not "Crypto," though I am sure our friendly 'rules for them and rules for us' racketeering influenced corrupt organization for a government could define it whatever it to suit their purpose....
as to the suggestion/question --how would you contstruct the group purchase of a book to involve RICO? "racketeering" is defined as a criminal association whose purpose is to intimidate others and to deny them theor pursuit of the American dream... (over-simplified).
See my outline some time ago on the RICO statute and related laws. I'll dig it up and repost it if there is enough interest, or write another summary. -- Forward complaints to : European Association of Envelope Manufactures Finger for Public Key Gutenbergstrasse 21;Postfach;CH-3001;Bern Vote Monarchist Switzerland