Originally posted by mosgood
I feel that domestic "Hate crimes" have nothing to do with the patriot act or the reasons GWB gave for enacting it.
I guess I should specify a little better my beef with the word "Terroristic". I am afraid that the word "terrorist" or "Terroristic" is an oppurtunity for government and local police agencies to infringe on our rights of privacy. Does that make me a liberal??? Laz.. you yourself promotes the right to bear arms for self defense as well as protection from an oppressive government. Well, the right to certain personal privacies need, IMO, to be as jealously guarded as well. And I DO NOT LIKE the way the word "Terrorist" can be used to justify infringment on them.... such as wire taps.... or the loss of right of due process. Is this the case here?? NO, but LAZ... you have your own concerns that if assualt rifles are banned, it's one step closer to an overall bane. So you fight for every inch you got. That's why I think that the use of the Patriot Act policies need to be watched like a hawk.
Do you research anything or just try and push anything you find into a context that fits an anti-Bush agenda? Again... the crime of making "Terroristic Threats" is an old one. Get over it or plan on preaching against Clinton (at least) and maybe Kerry.
It's all in the wording, but in the end... a terroristic threat is a terroristic threat and should be dealt with accordingly. I think it works something like this:
"If you do that to me again(whatever), I'll kill you" <<
"I'm going to kill you"<<
It's hard to explain, and I'm sure the the person being threatened has to show he or she really believe the threat to hold merit. In any case... it's no GWB generated new thing.
