Comments on: Analysis of Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog Reporting on "Eco-Terrorism" Witch Hunts, Blacklists and the Green Scare Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:25:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Your Mommy Kills Animals and Propagandists Bully People | Vegan Soapbox http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-131790 Your Mommy Kills Animals and Propagandists Bully People | Vegan Soapbox Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:50:57 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-131790 [...] seen pieces of the documentary and it looks pretty damn fair. The real issue seems to be the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the mischaracterization of the animal rights movement as ‘terrorists’. It’s [...] [...] seen pieces of the documentary and it looks pretty damn fair. The real issue seems to be the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the mischaracterization of the animal rights movement as ‘terrorists’. It’s [...]

]]> By: YOU MIGHT BE A TERRORIST, SO…. « DEEP GREEN PERSPECTIVE http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-131362 YOU MIGHT BE A TERRORIST, SO…. « DEEP GREEN PERSPECTIVE Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:31:50 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-131362 [...] by those who oppose them, and have used their lobbying power to make outlaws of their opposition. Animal rights groups, now viewed as “domestic terrorist organizations,” have never had a policy of threatening those [...] [...] by those who oppose them, and have used their lobbying power to make outlaws of their opposition. Animal rights groups, now viewed as “domestic terrorist organizations,” have never had a policy of threatening those [...]

]]> By: The American Conflict Between Corporate Profit and Individual Free Speech : Elaine Vigneault http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-125730 The American Conflict Between Corporate Profit and Individual Free Speech : Elaine Vigneault Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:30:56 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-125730 [...] seen pieces of the documentary and it looks pretty damn fair. The real issue seems to be the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the mischaracterization of the animal rights movement as 'terrorists'. It's about the conflict [...] [...] seen pieces of the documentary and it looks pretty damn fair. The real issue seems to be the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the mischaracterization of the animal rights movement as ‘terrorists’. It’s about the conflict [...]

]]> By: Jayme http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-124572 Jayme Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:31:05 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-124572 In response to <b>concerned</b> who said "I printed out the final version of the bill, and I don’t see how the First Amendment right to express oneself is subverted. Section (e) protects those who peaceably protest and dissent." This really brings to bear the nature of protest. A protest should essentially be the means where citizens can confront their government in a public and presumably "unregulated" space (albeit, perhaps unprotected). By regulating this public space (i.e. by issuing permits that grants citizens the ability to protest, where, and what for) the government effectively reinforces its own political sovereignty. This is a means of government censure, devaluing the nature of free speech and proposing a means for silencing dissent. Here are some interesting links: <a href="http://www.peacecouncil.net/pnl/03/723/PermittingProtest.htm" rel="nofollow">Permitting Protest/Silencing Dissent</a> <a href="http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2002/10/02/Opinion/A.Permit.We.Protest-1412692.shtml" rel="nofollow">A permit? We protest</a> <a href="http://www.gothamgazette.com/blogs/wonkster/2006/07/19/permission-to-protest-protest-permits/" rel="nofollow">Permission to Protest Protest Permits?</a> What is the difference between a riot and a protest? Some would say violence. Others might say a permit. In response to concerned who said “I printed out the final version of the bill, and I don’t see how the First Amendment right to express oneself is subverted. Section (e) protects those who peaceably protest and dissent.”

This really brings to bear the nature of protest. A protest should essentially be the means where citizens can confront their government in a public and presumably “unregulated” space (albeit, perhaps unprotected). By regulating this public space (i.e. by issuing permits that grants citizens the ability to protest, where, and what for) the government effectively reinforces its own political sovereignty. This is a means of government censure, devaluing the nature of free speech and proposing a means for silencing dissent.

Here are some interesting links:
Permitting Protest/Silencing Dissent
A permit? We protest
Permission to Protest Protest Permits?

What is the difference between a riot and a protest? Some would say violence. Others might say a permit.

]]> By: Thought Crime Bill « Invisible Voices http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-123766 Thought Crime Bill « Invisible Voices Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:11:04 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-123766 [...] AETA is frightening enough. AEPA was the precursor, and that is what the SHAC were tried and convicted under. Unless I’ve missed it, and granted I haven’t been reading that many bloggers of late, I haven’t seen anyone (of the AR bloggers I do read) posting on this, and that is frightening as well. I hope everyone knew about it already. [...] [...] AETA is frightening enough. AEPA was the precursor, and that is what the SHAC were tried and convicted under. Unless I’ve missed it, and granted I haven’t been reading that many bloggers of late, I haven’t seen anyone (of the AR bloggers I do read) posting on this, and that is frightening as well. I hope everyone knew about it already. [...]

]]> By: A vegan’s case for Ron Paul » Ron Paul 2008 » vegangirl.com http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-101080 A vegan’s case for Ron Paul » Ron Paul 2008 » vegangirl.com Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:56:42 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-101080 [...] k at Ron Paul’s positions, check out the Candidates@Google Ron Paul interview. Check out Analysis of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act on greenisthenewred.com for an in-depth [...] [...] k at Ron Paul’s positions, check out the Candidates@Google Ron Paul interview. Check out Analysis of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act on greenisthenewred.com for an in-depth [...]

]]> By: Shari http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-81544 Shari Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:06:28 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-81544 Big buisness has always had the government in its hand. Its discuting that literal heros are now going to be punished for terrorism instead of theft, trespassing, and seemingly smaller crimes just becasue an animal was involved. Its discusting how people with money and power can not only torture innocent animals but also punish thier selfless liberators without limitation. This makes me just fight harder for the weak, innocent, and speechless animals in thier bloody soulless hands. It is wrong no matter what the government says. Remember: "If we are trespassing, so were the soldiers who broke down the gates of Hitlers death camps. If we are thieves so were the members of the underground railroad who freed the slaves of the south; and if we are the vandals, so were those who destroyed forever the gas chambers of Buchanwald and Auchwitz..." Big buisness has always had the government in its hand. Its discuting that literal heros are now going to be punished for terrorism instead of theft, trespassing, and seemingly smaller crimes just becasue an animal was involved. Its discusting how people with money and power can not only torture innocent animals but also punish thier selfless liberators without limitation. This makes me just fight harder for the weak, innocent, and speechless animals in thier bloody soulless hands. It is wrong no matter what the government says.
Remember:
“If we are trespassing, so were the soldiers who broke down the gates of Hitlers death camps. If we are thieves so were the members of the underground railroad who freed the slaves of the south; and if we are the vandals, so were those who destroyed forever the gas chambers of Buchanwald and Auchwitz…”

]]> By: DarkHorse http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-79370 DarkHorse Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:14:30 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-79370 Great analysis... The true terrorists are those which exploit, vivisect, experiment on, use as a resource to be owned or think expendable any animal within nature or domestication....this usually comes from governments and capitalistic corporations. Great analysis…
The true terrorists are those which exploit, vivisect, experiment on, use as a resource to be owned or think expendable any animal within nature or domestication….this usually comes from governments and capitalistic corporations.

]]> By: Don Ediger http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-74882 Don Ediger Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:38:11 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-74882 I will be reading the full text soon. From your analysis I was not able to see any specific reference to the idea of conspiracy. To the extent the idea is applied to this law it could seem to broaden the net to include causal speech such as this blog. I will be reading the full text soon. From your analysis I was not able to see any specific reference to the idea of conspiracy. To the extent the idea is applied to this law it could seem to broaden the net to include causal speech such as this blog.

]]> By: Alvin Socasana http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-63083 Alvin Socasana Tue, 15 May 2007 14:31:34 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-analysis-109th/#comment-63083 I think this is important stuff. I think this is important stuff.

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