Defining Sedition

Canada Free Press ^ | Friday, January 13, 2006 | Alan Caruba

[Anne_Conn]

Given the rise in statements about the manner in which this nation went to war in Iraq or our current military conduct of the conflict there, it is time to review the law that defines sedition. It is found in the U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 2388: Activities affecting armed forces during war.

[mnehring]

Sounds more like a damnation of many Democrat Senators.

[Paloma_55]

[a] Whoever, when the United States is at war, willfully makes or conveys false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies; or Whoever, when the United States is at war, willfully causes or attempts to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military forces of the United States, or willfully obstructs the recruiting or enlistment of services of the United States, to the injury of service or the United States, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.

Here is a handful of traitors

Murtha
Pelosi
Kennedy
Reid

[RatRipper]

Though this is a scary thought because of potential backlash against Christianity, Judaism and other religions with redeeming qualities, but what about Islam? Is it not innately seditious toward the U.S. government since its goal is to overthrow the government and replace it with an Islamic theocracy?

However, I think the other major religions are quite different from Islam in that they do not have the goal of replacing the government.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

There is no stomach for sedition prosecutions. The seditionists know they will suffer no consequences for their treachery. Neither the FBI, nor the Justice Department, nor the Commander-in-Chief deem prosecution worth the painful expenditure of precious political capital. The ability of the seditionists to punish the Administration exceeds the ability of the patriotic to reward them.

[trisham]

Welcome to Free Republic.

[DougJ]

I think it is time for a sedition act. There was a good article about that on Town Hall recently. People like Al Gore and Michael Moore are giving aid and comfort to the enemy. The enemy we face now may well be the most insidious we have ever faced. It is time to use the same weapons we used to fight WWI, WWII, and the Civil War, it is time to clamp down on the treasonous speech spewed by the loony left...before it is too late.