If you write letters to the editor, you could be charged with terrorism

[DuctapeFatwa]

If you write a letter to your newspaper, you could be charged with terrorism...Anderson is a Muslim convert who wrote letters to the Spokesman-Review. His letters are reprinted below...

NOTE: I am only posting bits of each letter

..A war in Afghanistan will bleed us dry as it did the Soviets and the British before them.

I fear war for another reason, that being that the elements in our own society who would rob us of our individual liberties and freedoms can use the auspices of national security to steal them. Already in the past century we have given up an alarming amount of individual liberty to feel safe.

No amount of gun control, press restriction or racial or religious profiling will save us from a body count like that of Sept. 11. But if you get a chance to read some of the bills due to go before Congress, some people obviously aren't going to let that stop them from continuing their crusade to save us from ourselves.

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A militia by definition is an irregular force. It usually includes all able-bodied citizens between the ages of 17 and 45. In simplest terms, a militia is a group of armed citizens who have banded together temporarily to defend their homes and community.


I am in favor of intelligent gun control. Should the United States adopt a system along the lines of Switzerland's, I could not be happier. To shooters and collectors like me, it would mean more well-maintained ranges, inexpensive ammunition and, best of all, one free weapon issued to every responsible citizen. But it's not going to happen. Why? Because too many people out there don't mean gun control, they mean total annihilation of private firearms ownership. Until gun control advocates start respecting shooters, we will have no choice but to fight you, tooth and nail, every chance we get.
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Our problem these days is that we want to generalize situations and fix problems with a cookie-cutter solution. I don't have all the answers, but I do have some. The solution to the gun issue is to have gun-control spearheaded by level-headed and responsible shooters, people who know and are directly affected by such regulations. Anything else will just be temporary, and doomed to both failure and tragedy.

I fear that my voice, however, is but a calm whisper in a room of angry shouts. Today I am a young soldier, sworn to protect and defend this country, but if tomorrow I find that this nation is no longer the one based upon the freedom I was taught to love, I'll have little choice but to go where I can live in freedom. When you people out there who would give up liberty for safety, stand up to be counted, you'll not find me among you, because you deserve neither. Free men can possess arms, slaves cannot.


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[camero]

1. They're coming for the white boys now

Editor's Note: Uh-oh, now they're arresting white boys. If you write a letter to your newspaper, you could be charged with terrorism. The intimidation of American citizens accelerates, as Ryan G. Anderson, a member of the Washington National Guard's 81st Armored Brigade, was arrested Thursday on "suspicion" of attempting to pass military information to the al-Qaida network. Anderson's parents, father Bruce and stepmom Jaclyn, and Anderson's wife, Erin, remain clueless. They released a statement that "as American citizens, we will place our faith and trust in the United States Uniform Code of Military Justice ... to provide Ryan a fair trial before rendering any decision." Anderson is a Muslim convert who wrote letters to the Spokesman-Review.

They came for the Muslims and we did nothing because we were not muslim.

Then they came for the commies and we did nothing because we were not commies.

And on it goes. When will we wake up?

[Orangeone]

2. Yep

I get so sick of some white guys saying that is O.K. to lose civil liberties for security. They're so willing for other people to give up their rights 'cause they think it's never gonna affect them.

[leyton]

3. I don't buy it

I'm assuming this is the young National Guardsman who was accused of giving info to Al Qaeda?

Just because the guy wrote letters to the editor about the war on terrorism doesn't mean the administration would single him out among thousands and arrest him. This is circumstantial evidence at best.

Plus, why would Ashcroft pick up a guy who so strongly supports gun rights?