Posted on 02/20/2002 3:31:07 PM PST by TLBSHOW
Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the government of any State, Territory, District or Possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein, by force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any such government; or
Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of any such government, prints, publishes, edits, issues, circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any written or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence, or attempts to do so; or
Whoever organizes or helps or attempts to organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any such government by force or violence; or becomes or is a member of, or affiliates with, any such society, group, or assembly of persons, knowing the purposes thereof -
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.
If two or more persons conspire to commit any offense named in this section, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.
As used in this section, the terms ''organizes'' and ''organize'', with respect to any society, group, or assembly of persons, include the recruiting of new members, the forming of new units, and the regrouping or expansion of existing clubs, classes, and other units of such society, group, or assembly of persons
That was going to be my point. He hopes for the controversy, in order to allow himself airtime. His "career" has been one of, political shock value, since his last failed film.
BTW I don't think you wasted any bandwidth here....there are some of us...myself included....who are considered the usual suspects (by the way, just how wide is it?)
I'm usually accused of everything any way.
Did he mention any of the things? I don't like the idea of charging Moore with a crime on the basis of some silly throwaway remark. It would make him look more important than he really is, and create a very bad precedent.
He was on Sean Hannity's radio program this afternoon and there's going to be a spot on Hannity and Colmes tonight. ABCNBCCBC aren't the only ones who plug they own companys' projects. Maybe it is just about selling books and getting ratings.
Never in their wildest dreams could they imagine how many guns The Red Zone has. ;-)
Yeh and we all gave lard butt more free publicity. He's no dummy, he's manipulated us quite well.
Very few here would advocate the overthrow of our government..........now impeachment would be a different story.
IMO our government and military could crush him and any followers like bugs if they tried but many innocents will get hurt or killed in the attempt. What came to mind when I listened to Moore was the things I have heard Louis Farakhan speak of over the past 35 yrs., it does make me wonder if these groups are just biding their time till they do instigate some sort of take over, it's silly I know, but tell them that.
Should we even take these whacko's seriously? Our own President Clinton (at the time) did not take the warnings about Osama Bin Ladin seriously, he was passed over at some sort of radical, now look at us.
I have come to the conclusion that anything can and will happen, if we stand by idly and mock it, our shock and horror later will be too late. I don't know what or if anything can be done about people like Michael Moore and Louis Farrakhan, but I have seen the maltitudes that believe in them and they are not just a few.
Don't give him the attention he craves - leave him, and his three remaining fans, to their little circle-jerk, where Mike pretends to say something insightful, and they pretend to listen....
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