Re: Making money from Java


"Judson McClendon" <judmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:UI%jf.47131$6y4.43662@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "Rick Smith" <ricksmith@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > "Judson McClendon" <judmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> "Donald Tees" <donald_tees@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > [snip]
> >> > Your response regarding McCarthy is typical. You personally know of
at
> >> > least a dozen people that later admited to having horrible belief
> >> > systems, so of course persecuting them was right. The fact that they
> >> > are
> >> > *suppose* to have freedom to believe what they want is completely
> >> > irrelevant to you.
> >>
> >> Again, you are misinformed. The Constitution of the United States
clearly
> >> says it is Treason to espouse the violent overthrow of the United
States
> >> Government. This is precisely what the Communist conspirators were
about
> >> (See the Communist revolutions in Russa or China for details). So you
are
> >> *dead wrong* to say they had the freedom to embrace and propagate such
> >> idealogy here in the United States.
> >
> > Article III, Section 3,
> > "1. Treason against the United States shall consist only
> > in levying war against them,
>
> ** or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. **
>
> Joining the Communist Party and attending Communist rallies is certainly
> "adhering to" and most likely "giving comfort," especially if dues are
paid,
> or if one hosts such meetings. Allowing a criminal to merely come into
ones
> home and stay for a while can be prosecuted as aiding and abetting, or
> complicity. Remember Dr. Samuel Mudd, the doctor who treated John Wilkes
> Booth after Booth shot Lincoln? That's where the phrase "...'s name is
> Mud(d)" began.
>
> I agree that sedition is also involved.

Mr McClendon, with all due respect, I see a lot of
the subjective and little of the objective in your words;
that is, it is *your* belief that assigns *enemy* and
without any stated objective criteria. Tell me, by what
objective criteria does speech by members of the
Communist Party cause harm? And for contrast, by
what objective criteria does speech by members of
the Republican and Democratic Parties not cause the
same harm? (Hint: The harm comes from the emotional
stress of having to listen to all that tripe (slang: something
spoken or written that is false or worthless). In other
words, what you seem to define as 'criminal', I see in
both the Republican and Democratic Parties!)

Dr Mudd was wrongly convicted of doing what all
physicians are obligated by oath to do! Today, those
accused of crimes and having injuries are routinely
treated by physicians before being taken to jail and
physicians are not charged with complicity in their
patients crimes.



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