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Thus Spake cmort@nwohio.com (Chris Morton):

%>%entire organization. For instance, one felony conviction of one
%>%high-level NORML member could be used as an excuse to have unlimited
%>%wiretappings on _all_ NORML members.
%>
%>Damn, but it sucks when you hire felons. . .  :)
%
%What country do YOU live in?
%
%In the United States, mere MEMBERSHIP in an organization is not a
%crime, much less a felony.

In addition to being very angry, you seem to be illiterate.  Read the above
statements in entirety.  A felony conviction of one member of an organization is
grounds, according to the statement above for an investigation of all members of
that organization.  My point is that organizations might be advised to use
discretion in who they hire-felons and potential felons are not a good idea.

%>No, this is called reducto ad absurdum.  If I don't think that taking down the
%>Wacko from Waco is just cause for armed rebellion, I'm in favor of ethnically
%>based genocide and therefore a racist, and probably a Nazi?  Check your own
%>caffine intake.  I thought hurling 'racist' in lieu of argument was a liberal
%>tactic.  Scale does make a difference.  If we resorted to shooting up the
local
%>law enforcement every time someone made a mistake, or got too excited, or just
%>came up with a phemomenally stupid policy, we'd be in a constant state of
%>anarchy.  
%
%Then your argument is that THEY get to shoot US up, but we have to
%just sit and take it?

My argument is that the United States has political and legal institutions which
allow for peaceful and legal redress of wrongs.  Use them instead of going out
with your redneck buddies and declaring yourself an 'independant country' and
shooting the hell out of anyone who goes near your compound.


John M. Atkinson
jatkinso@gmu.edu
"A nation which despises its soldiers will all too soon 
have a despicable army
                 --Jerry Pournelle