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Comment by dale386 | Hacker News Reader

This will be cute until donors start being investigated for funding terrorism.

Really, terrorism? How has he inflict any physical damage on anyone? Agree or disagree with his actions, it's clearly not terrorism. I look down in disgust on anybody that frames his actions in that light.

I doubt the OP was calling him a terrorist, just saying (perhaps jokingly) that it's possible that's how the government will try to portray him.

Did you see the article titled "How three pacifists were convicted as terrorists" currently on the front page of HN? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5848148

My statement stands. If he/she was being tongue-in-cheek, then it doesn't apply. If it's the powers-that-be that do it, well, there you are.

Yes, that's exactly what I was going for.

Well, my apologies if I insulted you personally. It was meant to be an attack on the notation that this can be framed as 'terrorism'.

Really, terrorism?

exactly. people are making unsupportable claims.

Don't take this as a pithy, light comment. There are lawyers that are currently in jail for serving as council to some middle eastern organizations that were trying to become legitimate and work within the system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne_Stewart

Good lord, if anyone still has faith in the US I would hope seeing things like this make them realize it's time to abandon ship.

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