On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Eric Cordian wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the US will happily throw Americans in prison
for refusing to do business with Israel, because Congress has made it
illegal to support any boycott of the Beanie-Headed Land Grabbers.
Hrmmm.. Got a citation for this one? As far out in the land of the clueless
Shrub may in fact be, I have yet to see anything that declares Israel a
protected class. Of course, I could have missed it...
I'd really like to see a citation if you can find one.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2403303.stm>
...amongst many other items reporting on the Arab boycott of Israel.
"The United States has threatened to fine US companies that take part in an Arab lead economic boycott of Israel.
"The US government is strongly opposed to restrictive trade practices or boycotts targeted at Israel," said Undersecretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Kenneth Juster.
...
US laws ban the participation by US nationals and companies in unsanctioned foreign government trade boycotts, especially the Arab League's boycott of Israel. "
This has been common knowledge for a long time. Note the "bans the participation by US nationals" point.
Granted, neither you nor I will be jailed for refusing to buy Matzah balls made in the Zionist Entity, but the point is that the law says we _could_ be jailed for boycotting. Naturally, the law is applied to those most visible.
Time for the Zionist Entity to go. I hope they can swim, and keep swimming. Disposing of five million corpses is a big effort to expect from Palestinians trying to get back to their farms and shops and homes taken by the European and American Jews who invaded.
--Tim May
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -- Nietzsche
