David,
An easy mistake to make. I was extremely puzzled to discover a line on the
regulation of the US orchid trade in a bill on educational aid to Central
Asia...
Nick
--On 21 May 2003 12:56 +0100 D F J Wood <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> A legal friend has pointed out to me that the proposed Bill in the
> Oregon legislature does not actually seek to redefine all those minor
> criminal acts as terrorism, rather the acts named come in a separate
> section to the section on terrorism which simply adds terrorism to the
> list of prohibited acts (inlcuding all those named) in Oregon in another
> part of Oregon law.
>
> Sincere apologies for this misreading, although I seem to be by no means
> the only person to have made this mistake - that'll teach me!
>
> However the scope of terrorism does still does encompasss all the
> generalised acts of protest also mentioned - which is bad enough.
>
> David.
>
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