lbo-talk-digest V1 #5686

[Leslilake1 at aol.com]

A while back I posted the WA state anti-terrorism bill proposed after 9/11.  
It seems to expand existing state definitions of terrorism to destruction of 
property, and my first thought after reading it was:  this is aimed at earth 
first, et al.

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 > > Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., the subcommittee's ranking

 > > member, said he could understand Rosebraugh's

 > > "frustration" with the government's environmental

 > > policies under the Bush administration, "but it's

 > > not an excuse for violence."

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 > This kind of sloppy rhetoric really pisses me off.

 > Burning down buildings is possibly dangerous, but it's

 > hardly violence. Same for spiking trees.

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