Oregon says unlawful labelling of an MP3 is 'terrorism' (fwd)

[Justin]

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Tim May (2003-05-21 05:44Z) wrote:

> On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 09:34  PM, Justin wrote:
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> >Jim Choate (2003-05-20 23:52Z) wrote:
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> >>http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9568
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> >I suppose neither Mr. Rupp nor the Inquirer could be bothered to read
> >the bill or the section of Oregon law referenced by it.  Or perhaps
> >reading a legislative summary was just too complicated or 
> >time-intensive
> >for their busy schedules, and they decided to skip that formality in
> >their quest to distribute their quota of truth to the public.
> >
> >The provisions in Section 3 of the bill, currently in Section 19, Ch.
> >666 of Oregon Laws, are not related to the first part of the bill which
> >seems to define terrorism.
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> 
> I downloaded the PDF version of the bill, read it, and was both amused 
> and aghast.
> 
> Amused, because it is precisely the act we have sought to help make 
> things immeasurably worse and thus bring on the destruction of America 
> the Damned.
> 
> Aghast because of the boldness of the suspension of the Constitution in 
> Oregon.

What suspension of the Constitution are you talking about?

The only terrorism-related provision in the bill criminalizes willful
[planning of] disruption of free assembly, commerce, transportation,
education, and government.  There's the usual requirement of 2 witnesses
or open court confession.

I agree that the expansion of terrorism laws to cover activity not
linked to the federal notion of "terrorism" is dangerous - those acts
are already illegal - but I don't see how the bill ignores the
Constitution.  It simply adds a duplicate law with a harsher punishment.

The list of 131 crimes identifies those crimes to which Oregon
forfeiture laws apply.  Those 131 (now 132) crimes have nothing to do
with terrorism.

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