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To: Washington_minuteman
That's right. Either 802(5)(A) or 802(5)(B), or both, makes one a terrorist.

Why do you think it is A OR B instead of A AND B?

199 posted on 05/18/2002 6:51:40 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign
"Why do you think it is A OR B instead of A AND B?"

It's the way it's worded.

802(5) is the preamble to the section which ends with the expression "that--". This leads into 802(5)(A). Run (A) and (B) together, as an experiment. The grammer does not place (B) after (A), but as a seperate thought, as in "... that-- appear to be intended--".

802(5)(B) is subdivided within itself as (i), (ii), and (iii).

If it was intended to be (A) and/or (B), it should have been written like this (using your text - I trust you copied it correctly):

"...(5) the term `domestic terrorism' means activities that-- `(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, and/or; `(B) appear to be intended-- `(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; `(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or `(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and"

Without that little and/or bit, (A) is a thought, seperate and apart from (B).

210 posted on 05/18/2002 8:30:18 PM PDT by Washington_minuteman
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