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To: proxy_user
You're probably right, but what about the "incite to" laws. From the few things I've read, the heads and spokpersons for some of the groups have publicly called (incite) breaking the law. I guess I'm just an old curmudgeon,...but they better not come around me.

FMCDH

10 posted on 10/03/2003 12:32:27 PM PDT by nothingnew (The pendulum is swinging and the Rats are in the pit!)
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To: nothingnew
These laws involve immediate incitement, like if you're standing there urging a criminal to fire his gun. Merely advocating a course of action in the abstract, without aiding and abetting, is constitutionally protected.

For example, you can urge the overthrow of the government on your web site. That's legal. But if you provide diagrams of how to build bombs, then you've crossed the line.
13 posted on 10/03/2003 1:01:29 PM PDT by proxy_user
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