Federal Legislation Labels Activism As "Terrorism"

[dugoboy]

link: <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=16747" target="top"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Federal Legislation Labels Activism As "Terrorism"</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>Federal Legislation Labels Activism As "Terrorism"<br><br>The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) is currently pending in Congress, and industry groups are doing their best to push it through quickly and with little public scrutiny, Patriot Act style, before Fall recess. Please act now to make sure that the War on Terrorism, and the tragedy of 9/11, isn't used to push a political agenda and silence dissent.<br><br>The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act expands the Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1992 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aepa. Supporters say it is meant to stem illegal actions taken against controversial animal enterprises, or any company that does business with an animal enterprise. But the sweeping language in the bill goes much, much further:<br><br>AETA labels the tactics of Martin Luther King and Gandhi as "terrorism." It spells out penalties for <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>"an offense involving exclusively a nonviolent physical obstruction of an animal enterprise or a business having a connection to, or relationship with, an animal enterprise, that may result in loss of profits but does not result in bodily injury..." In other words, a terrorism law includes nonviolent civil disobedience.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>AETA risks the prosecution of undercover investigators, whistleblowers and other activists as "terrorists." It defines "economic damage" as including "the loss of profits." The extremely vague, overly broad language in the bill puts all activists at risk. Causing loss of profits isn't terrorism. It's effective activism. And even activists that aren't prosecuted under the law will feel the chilling effect of its "terrorist" rhetoric.<br><br>AETA isn't needed. Existing laws are already overly broad: the Animal Enterprise Protection Act was used to successfully convict the SHAC 7 this year on "terrorism" charges for running a website. And AETA's penalties for violence aren't needed, because the animal protection movement has never killed a human being. All Americans should be concerned, regardless of how they feel about animal issues. The word terrorism should not be batted around against the enemy of the hour, to push a partisan political agenda. Who will be next?<br><br>- Idausa.org <p>___________________________________________<br>"Fascism finds root best in unreality and dysfunction." - Me<br><br>"Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act" -George Orwell<br><br>"When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it - always." -Mahatma Gandhi</p><i></i>

[kermujin]

As I stand here, in slack-jawed, goggle-eyed disbelief over what's happening in the US government, I just have to wonder... are Americans as freaked and terrified as some of us who are looking in from the outside?<br><br>I just can't believe that a *sex scandal* has more potential to affect election results (in theory) than the effective slaughter of habeas corpus, and now this little tidbit posted by dugoboy. <br><br>What's the climate like over there?<br><br>kermujin <p></p><i></i>

[dugoboy]

the climate?<br><br>is it ignorance? apathy perhaps? i can't really say but the democrats are have a slight edge right now..thats what the polls say atleast. but it won't be a landslide victory if you can believe that. but its not as if everyone knows what we know and it would be eternally interesting to me to know the actual numbers. sometimes it feels like most of the population knows the truth but don't how to act on it and other times it feels like there is 8,000 of us and 300 million of them. but i have no idea. sometimes it feels like this is the land of the walking dead and most are too ignorant to care any more. i imagine it feels much like the end years of the roman empire or greek empire as everyone slides into decadence, selfishness, callousness, and preoccupations of the flesh. i'm not trying to sound preachy here but what else would ignorant peoples do? the future is in the youth, and thats where one should look as well as the burgeoning elderly (over 65 yrs old) population in america. theres a huge catch 22. it's sad and scary.<br><br>in the end, its ignorance and a lack of being conscious and observant that will do us in..that, i would suggest, has always done humanity 'in' and we are doing it once again in my own country. <br><br>i have no idea how i'm supposed to cope with that and because of my own current predicaments i can't exactly leave the country, so i have to go down with the ship because of all these imbecilic morons who can't see whats going on. but then i realize how can you get mad at someone who wouldn't ever be able to become aware of this unless someone told them. they believe the world is as it has been shown to them and its very difficult to figure out the big lie because its so inconcievably vast. but then i begin to think 'well can't they see that there's something incredibly wrong with this country'? and i have no answer. <br><br>all i can do is scream at the top of my lungs yelling as the train is coming as the blind masses just sit and wait for it to come. they can't hear the train's horn because they are all preoccupied by the TV or watching sports. there comes a time when you realize i can't save them and no one can but themselves. and i think thats what the solution is because this is going to happen over and over again until people become intelligent enough to take responsibility for their actions. <br><br>i believe there's two things at work here: you have numbers and numbers of ignorant and uneducated people who have no idea what to do and then you have this predator class aware of this situation who work to exploit it. what we can do is to work to spread the truth and live in the truth and we will save ourselves leading by example. but its hard to do when very few understand what any of this fucking means. <p>___________________________________________<br>"Fascism finds root best in unreality and dysfunction." - Me<br><br>"Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act" -George Orwell<br><br>"When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it - always." -Mahatma Gandhi</p><i></i>

[postrchild]

I think everyone is too tuned into Lost and Think you can dance to care. Well hopefully we'll wake up when the jackboots are on the porch! <br><br>You think its scary outside of the glass? Much more scary within, due to the nullified public. We have got to do something or we will all be having these conversations face to face in "camps" pretty soon. <p></p><i></i>

[Hugh Manatee Wins]

Ghandi is now a terrorist due to behaviors<br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>that may result in loss of profits but does not result in bodily injury<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>Carve it in stone. Put it on the town hall lawn. Make a bumper sticker. These fascists are becoming so much easier to point out to the know-nothings.<br><br>I realized this when Ahnuld became the governator of California.<br>"Finally!" I whooped. "Now anyone can SEE the fascism."<br><br>And that is the hard part of peace and justice work, getting others to see what the problem is. <p></p><i></i>

[slomo]

... The good news is that, with crystal clarity, future generations will see the blasphemy of our culture, raising "profit" above all other things, seen and unseen. <p></p><i></i>

[DireStrike]

Son of a bitch. Profit.<br><br>Well, at least I have a topic to turn out a cheesy piece of poetry for my english class with. <p></p><i></i>