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To: Zeppo
But, if that is the case, what is to protect you from being on the receiving end of a charge of incitement for merely stating your own views?

I have faith in the legal system. If I was so charged I would be exonerated.

I am not stating that the article that was singled out by someone on the left was, in fact, incitement. I am saying that incitement happens and should be illegal. There is a difference. I am certainly not advocating shutting down the Arutz Sheva website. Quite the contrary, I believe Arutz Sheva radio should be *LEGALLY* licensed.

9 posted on 10/31/2003 2:51:42 PM PST by anotherview ("Ignorance is the choice not to know" -Klaus Schulze)
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To: anotherview
If I was so charged I would be exonerated.

Based on what? If the law were applied arbitrarily, with the charge levied at the whim of a prosecutor, and with no clear standard for determining whether or not what was charged is actually against the law, then there would be no expectation that you would be exonerated.

A climate where political speech may be labeled as "incitement" at the whim of a political opponent does not provide much basis for having confidence in the legal system.

13 posted on 10/31/2003 3:07:14 PM PST by Zeppo
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