<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Kai / Tom,<div><br></div><div>I'm on the side that says is IS within his rights to say it. ALSO, I disagree with the SOB, but I'm willing to defend his right to say it.</div><div>Only when we can stand up and defend the right of some one that gets up and says something we find morally aborant, can we really say we have free speech.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Wayne</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 13, 2009, at 5:48 PM, Kai Eiselein wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">As a matter of fact, I do believe he was within his First Amendment rights. (Note: I DO NOT agree with the sign.)<br> <br> <br>THREATS AGAINST PRESIDENT<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>18 USC 871, makes it a Federal crime or offense for anyone to willfully make a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>true threat</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to injure or kill the President of the United States.<br><br>A person can be found guilty of that offense only if all of the following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:<br><br>First: That the person uttered words alleged to be the threat against the President;<br><br>Second: That the person understood and meant the words he used as a true threat; and<br><br>Third: That the person uttered the words knowingly and willfully.<br><br>A "threat" is a statement expressing an intention to kill or injure the President; and a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>"true threat" means a serious threat as distinguished from words used as mere political argument,</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>idle or careless talk, or something said in a joking manner.<br><br>The essence of the offense is the knowing and willful making of a true threat. So, if it is proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the person knowingly made a true threat against the President, willfully intending that it be understood by others as a serious threat, then the offense is complete; it is not necessary to prove that the person actually intended to carry out the threat.<br><br><hr>Get your vacation photos on your phone!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://windowsliveformobile.com/en-us/photos/default.aspx?&OCID=0809TL-HM" target="_new">Click here.</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <br> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================</div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>