Comments on: FBI Arrests Two Men for Allegedly Conspiring To Attack Danish Newspaper That Published the Mohammed Cartoons, the Newspaper Editor, and one of the Cartoonists http://volokh.com/2009/10/28/fbi-arrests-two-men-for-allegedly-conspiring-to-attack-danish-newspaper-that-published-the-mohammed-cartoons-the-newspaper-editor-and-one-of-the-cartoonists/ Commentary on law, public policy, and more Tue, 08 May 2012 01:46:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: davod http://volokh.com/2009/10/28/fbi-arrests-two-men-for-allegedly-conspiring-to-attack-danish-newspaper-that-published-the-mohammed-cartoons-the-newspaper-editor-and-one-of-the-cartoonists/comment-page-1/#comment-679360 davod Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:38:06 +0000 http://volokh.com/?p=20676#comment-679360 Those bloody cartoons. Those bloody cartoons.

]]> By: ArthurKirkland http://volokh.com/2009/10/28/fbi-arrests-two-men-for-allegedly-conspiring-to-attack-danish-newspaper-that-published-the-mohammed-cartoons-the-newspaper-editor-and-one-of-the-cartoonists/comment-page-1/#comment-679217 ArthurKirkland Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:15:52 +0000 http://volokh.com/?p=20676#comment-679217 If the defendants intended to murder and/or maim, law enforcement officials are to be commended for apprehending the defendants mid-plot, especially after coordinated acts toward the intended crimes. If the defendants intended to murder and/or maim because of madness at the intersection of cartoons and superstition, removing their stunted synapses from our streets is a particularly commendable accomplishment. Without more information, I do not understand the reason for labeling these defendants terrorists; the precipitate and target seem to have been narrowly identified. Would a prosecution press release label as terrorists the participants in an anti-abortion-related shooting-or-bombing plot; a group planning to damage property because of extreme environment-related views; someone who planned to kill executives of a company because of a perceived wrongs related to a business transaction; company executives conspiring to hurt or kill union organizers in another country; an archbishop who provides aid and comfort to killers of homosexuals; protestors planning to disrupt a G-20 or similar summit; or security contractors accused of firing indiscriminately into civilian crowds overseas on more than one occasion? I do not have answers or adequate information to find answers, but the questions seem worthwhile. If the defendants intended to murder and/or maim, law enforcement officials are to be commended for apprehending the defendants mid-plot, especially after coordinated acts toward the intended crimes. If the defendants intended to murder and/or maim because of madness at the intersection of cartoons and superstition, removing their stunted synapses from our streets is a particularly commendable accomplishment.

Without more information, I do not understand the reason for labeling these defendants terrorists; the precipitate and target seem to have been narrowly identified.

Would a prosecution press release label as terrorists the participants in an anti-abortion-related shooting-or-bombing plot; a group planning to damage property because of extreme environment-related views; someone who planned to kill executives of a company because of a perceived wrongs related to a business transaction; company executives conspiring to hurt or kill union organizers in another country; an archbishop who provides aid and comfort to killers of homosexuals; protestors planning to disrupt a G-20 or similar summit; or security contractors accused of firing indiscriminately into civilian crowds overseas on more than one occasion?

I do not have answers or adequate information to find answers, but the questions seem worthwhile.

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