http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3544032.stm

I very much hope this man is arrested and executed for treason, and I'm against the death penalty. What scum.

Flame war on sight.

However, I agree with you.

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In other unrelated news, Candidate Causes Stir in U.S. Congressional Campaign With His Support for Eugenics.

So what? There are idiots everywhere and that's all there really is to say about that.

[This message has been edited by KnobZ (edited August 07, 2004).]

wow someone needs to remove them from the genepool....

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I knew it was a hoax a few days after it was released...

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What do you mean, so what? This man faked his beheading at the hands of al-Qaeda after telling us we should leave Iraq on their behalf. Taken in context, I think this amounts to treason. The Constitution protects unpopular political views. It is somewhat less friendly to traitors.

He used this to get attention "for his campaign to get elected as city supervisor"? Wow.

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That's some pretty short-sighted campaigning, if you ask me.

I'm not denying the fact that the man's actions were nothing short of outrageous, but he's going to face the consequences of those actions, legal or otherwise. The end.

My "So what?" comment is about the fact that political lunatics are running around everywhere these days. I doubt that there is anything they can still do to shock me. Idiots are part of life, but in the end, there isn't a damn thing I can do about that, in the same way that I can't completely stop the KKK marches here every year. Everything that had to be said about these individuals has been said. The rest is out of my hands, so I might as well revert my energy to somethign else, to something a little more worthwhile.

What an ***hat

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Wait... he began distibuting it on the internet... and how exactly did the rumor of it coming from Al-queda (sp?) milliants get started? Clearly, it was traced well. *cough*

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Haha, the CIA at its best!

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Bad guy.

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He made the video and started distributing it on the internet. Which probably means he stuck it in his Kazaa share folder and watched the retards go crazy over it.

I don't see how this guy is a traitor. All of the otherwise intelligent people who have gone completely bat**** insane over Iraq and omg terrism are the traitors. What the hell good are you when you live in a democracy but you're acting too stupid to vote?

Agreed.

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If I get this right, this guy made a fake video to "make a statement about how easily such videos can be faked", and was, rather ironically, confused for real footage.

And I don't understand the accusations of treason. Treason, according to the OED, is "violation by a subject of allegiance to the soverign or to the state, esp. by attempting to kill or overthrow the soverign or overthrow the government." Is he doing any overthrowing?

It's just more of our good friends paranoia and hype. Pass aound false information that's taken for writ and you've got yourself a major weakness.

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The only relevant definition of treason is the one in the Constitution.



Open to interpretation like everything else, but I think what he did is covered.

The day the Constitution overrides the Dictionary is the day I plan on leaving the US.

Say, how are the business/tech colleges in Canada?

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Uhh, it's called context? A common dictionary doesn't mean much in the legal world.

Ya. Like "equal rights" for a long time.

[Actually, maybe the Constitution says "equal rights" but people didn't support that legally. :/ ]

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[This message has been edited by Echoman (edited August 07, 2004).]

In law, if you define a word to mean something, in the context of the law, that's what it means. So treason according to the constitution is what treason is in the consitution.

I don't the guy is guilty of treason per se (I mean, he didn't go and fight alongside al queda like that other guy did a few years ago) He just did something in very poor taste.

All he did was lie to everyone, but lying is not officially a crime unless you are under oath. I doubt that even a fraud charge would stick, b/c all he did is deceive everyone, not scam them out of money or anything like that.

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[This message has been edited by Pagewizard_YKS (edited August 07, 2004).]

Kinda been that way for about 217 years, champ. Pack your bags!

I would try and explain myself, but something tells me I'd be digging a deeper hole.

On another note, I don't think this really was meant to get out. The video, that is.

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The part i'm most confused about is how he figured this would help him get elected to whichever position it was..

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By appealing to people's sense of stupidity.

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Propaganda, spread either way, is treason.

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That's more like it.

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For a healty meal, eat mashed potatoes, peas, and catloaf.
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Valuable Life Lesson: Frog + Potato Gun = Blindness
Worship Examples - Christians' love for God should be seen and heard, not merely talked about. It is through actions that one is determined to be Christian, not through words. Words (and thoughts, as well) deceive even one's own self, but the heart speaks truth.

[This message has been edited by DogSRoOL (edited August 08, 2004).]

Don't you want to just MURDER people that pull out in front of you on the way home from work?

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