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To: Impeach98
According to Dictionary.com: Treason is any attempt to overthrow the government

Which doesn't mean a damn thing. I stopped reading there. The only thing that matters is the definition in the Constitution.

4 posted on 04/13/2007 10:29:26 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat

Thanks for sharing.


7 posted on 04/13/2007 10:31:54 AM PDT by Impeach98 (Anti-war protestors should try holding rallies in Damascus and Tehran!)
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To: antiRepublicrat
Exactly. A lot of people throw the word “Treason” around to mean any position they disagree with. It is either giving intelligence to the enemy or physical attacks on the military or infrastructure. The founding fathers were well aware of the tendency of governments to try to classify as ‘treason’ anything with which they disagreed. Alger Hiss was Treason, Code Pink is some silly looking ugly women making fools of themselves.

It is the right of our fellow citizens to be against, and express their opinions against, this or any other war.

I detest the mindset that sees any disagreement as ‘treason’ or ‘moonbattery’ and resorts to shouting and name calling. I have no respect for those who use stupid demeaning forms of their opponents’ names, either.

11 posted on 04/13/2007 10:40:54 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, Deport all illegals, abolish the IRS, ATF and DEA)
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To: antiRepublicrat
The only thing that matters is the definition in the Constitution.

And what does the Constitution define as treason?

77 posted on 04/13/2007 7:56:48 PM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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