On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Mike Rosing wrote:
Yes, they are considered "persons" in a ficticioius way. so are houses - a house can be confiscated if one person living in it was either a "drug dealer" or "terrorist. The owner need not know, the house is guilty of being an accomplice.
Where is the due process then? Will the house get a pro-bono lawyer (as houses are known to not own enough money to afford one)? Can it be proven that the house was an unwilling accomplice, that it was forced to "cooperate" against its will?
Insane? Yes, but what else is new in the US :-)
The willingness of The Sheeple to trust whatever The Whoever Claims To Be Elected says that's to be considered The Truth at the given moment? Ahh, sorry, you said "new"...
You are confusing common sense with law. A very silly thing to do!
One day I will pay dearly for it...