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| WND - U.S. to Use 1872 Law Against Greenpeace |
| 2004-05-18 |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #11 Did I just not read this carefully enough or is this just more biased media? Considering the article has a convenient link to Greenpeace at the bottom... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-05-18 11:23:50 PM |
| #10 Hey, the French just blow them up. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-05-18 9:31:59 PM |
| #9 "a law meant to keep sailors out of the warm beds of harlots" ... And this is illegal WHY??? |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-05-18 1:42:20 PM |
| #8 Why all the kerfluffle? Illegal boarders should be shot as pirates. End of problem. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-05-18 10:39:26 AM |
| #7 of course, the ACLU has joined the defense. I hope they lose their tax-exempt status, but then again, boarders should be immediately shot as a security measure |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-18 9:28:20 AM |
| #6 "U.S. District Judge Adalberto Jordan has rejected Greenpeace's attempt to access records to determine who authorized the prosecution. Jordan has sounded open to dismissing the case on Greenpeace's claim that the wording of the old law is too vague. In an order last month, he said the group's argument "looks like a winner."" B. I would say the Judge sees it the same way as well as you. |
| Posted by: TomAnon 2004-05-18 8:44:56 AM |
| #5 Did I just not read this carefully enough or is this just more biased media? Individual Greenpeace members were prosecuted immediately. In an unprecedented move, prosecutors indicted the organization itself 15 months later on misdemeanor charges of illegal boarding and conspiracy. A conviction could be punished by five years of probation and a $20,000 fine. Could someone please explain to me how a law against illegal boarding and conspiracy is the same as a law meant to keep sailors out of the warm beds of harlots? Because, unless I skimmed too quickly - this article doesn't give us a clue. |
| Posted by: B 2004-05-18 8:04:38 AM |
| #4 this is really about them losing their tax exempt status should they get conviced. I pray that it happens. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-05-18 4:50:53 AM |
| #3 They take all the fun out of going to sea. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-05-18 12:57:25 AM |
| #2 The poor hippies finally met their match in an 1872 law :) |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-05-18 12:34:21 AM |
| #1 The rarely used 1872 law was aimed at keeping boarding houses from luring sailors off inbound ships with offers of harlots, strong drink and warm beds. Law books mention the law only twice, most recently in 1890. "It harkens to the Barbary Coast and wenches with heaving bosoms and kegs of rum," said Kayanan. *sigh* Ah, the good old days . . . . |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-05-18 12:27:28 AM |