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Tom, <BR>
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I too feel this is still free speech, being a true threat wasn't made.<BR>
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What I truely wonder is why you didn't post these free statements when Bush and all other presidents reigned?<BR>
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Matt<BR> <BR>> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:01:25 -0700<BR>> From: thansen@moscow.com<BR>> To: bear@moscow.com<BR>> CC: vision2020@moscow.com; fotopro63@hotmail.com<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] 'Death to Obama' Sign Holder Detained<BR>> <BR>> Your analogy, Bear, is faulty at best.<BR>> <BR>> Claiming that somebody should be tried, convicted, and justly punished for<BR>> committing war crimes is remote to any comparison of a sign depicting<BR>> comments such as "Death to Obama and Death to Michelle and Their Two<BR>> Children."<BR>> <BR>> The sign, in my opinion meets each of the criterion enumerated in Kai<BR>> Eiselein's posting concerning threats to a president.<BR>> <BR>> "A person can be found guilty of that offense only if all of the<BR>> following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:<BR>> <BR>> First: That the person uttered words alleged to be the threat<BR>> against the President;<BR>> <BR>> Second: That the person understood and meant the words he used as a<BR>> true threat; and<BR>> <BR>> Third: That the person uttered the words knowingly and willfully."<BR>> <BR>> Which of these criterion do you feel is not met?<BR>> <BR>> Until tomorrow . . .<BR>> <BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>> <BR>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<BR>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."<BR>> <BR>> - Unknown<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> =======================================================<BR>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>> http://www.fsr.net <BR>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> =======================================================<BR><br /><hr />Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. <a href='http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=PID23384::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:NF_BR_sync:082009' target='_new'>Check it out.</a></body>
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