SayUncle: Potential Terrorist
Well, after the first couple of times, you get used to the label.
Update: Oh dear:
“H.R.1955, ‘Sec. 899B. Findings.
The Congress finds the following:
`(3) The Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by providing access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens.”
October 26th, 2007 at 10:57 am
[…] Via Tamarama, I find this delightful piece of legislation that has passed the House, HR 1955. Uncle rightly notes that due to one of the bill’s findings, it would be pretty easy to label anyone who has a blog as a “potential terrorist”. […]
October 26th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Well, my name’s gonna be on “the list” now, for sure.
October 26th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
In other words…Freedom of Speech is bad for the government.
October 26th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Kind of like the 2nd Amendment is bad for the government as well.
No wonder they’re always trying to get rid of both.
October 26th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Shit it’s not like over 700,000 people are on the list.
Fuck free speech – the truth is overrated!