you can't conspire to commit murder, why should it be okay to conspire to commit terrorism?
Kai, conspiring to commit crimes is already illegal.
The problem with this law is that it is another one of these bullshit laws that is extremely vague. Listen to these words:
"The use, planned use, or threatened use ....... of force ........ to intimidate or coerce the United States government, ....... the civilian population of the United States .......... in furtherance of political or social objectives."
Boy that sounds like voting for a non incumbent to me. I mean, if I don't like Bush, then voting against him could be seen as a use of force to coerce the government to further my own political objectives.
Yes, that is a silly example, but it's the extreme of what could be "INTERPRETED" to fall under this or any equally vague law. This could be used to ban or incriminate ALL protesters!!! Hell, this kind of eliminates aggressive dissent of any government policy, such as an editorial. This could be used against people trying to get a third party candidate on the ballot. It could be used against someone sending an angry letter to a politician about a policy change.
You know crazy things like that are possible and will happen. Hell, we just had that 17 year old jailed for two years after being prosecuted with a law intended for pedophiles.
All laws need to be specific. Anything else is irresponsible and evil. Remember, even if you trust the current administration, who knows what's coming down the pipe next. Hitler was elected by a shocking popular majority. Laws that expand the government's power are always a bad idea, and should always be opposed. And any law that does expand government roles, if absolutely necessary, then they should be passed with a 5 year expiration date. Because in the future, who knows how this law could be interpreted differently.
