David, So it is legal in US to suggest that a man should be assassinated? What if Chavez is murdered is murdered and CIA is behind it, will he not be pursued for suggesting it?
I know that it is against US law to have any agency to kill a leader of an other Nation. This means also that Robertson is instigating a crime, by suggesting it. Why is he not in jail? Hakan At 19:41 26/08/2005, you wrote: >Hakan Falk wrote: > > >Robert, > > > >A question, > > > >In many countries death threat and instigation of murdering a person > >is against the criminal laws. Is it not the same in US and if, why > >have they not arrested and questioned Robertson? > > > > > >It's tempting to reply to the effect that he's a supporter of Bush and >the neocon agenda, but that's irrelevent. > >I've read the quotes, and I've never liked Robertson. That said, he >never made a threat agains Chavez. He never asked any of his followers >to kill the man. He offered his unsolicited opinion that the CIA should >assasinate him. > >Suggesting that a government agency should kill a foreign leader may be >stupid, mean, immoral, and a number of other things, but it's not >illegal to offer a mean, stupid, and immoral opinion. > >If he were funding an undercover operation to kill someone - anyone - >then he could be arrested under any number of laws. But we're very >short on evidence that's the case, and long on rhetoric about his >hypocritic nature. > >I'm not trying to support the man, just trying to inject a little reason >back into the discussion. > >--- David _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
