On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:35:49 GMT, "Neil Gould"
wrote in
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Recently, Larry Dighera posted:

On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:55:15 -0800, C J Campbell
wrote in
m:

Definitely one of the most inane laws ever passed. But the purpose of
this law is not to fight terrorism. It is to embarrass Democrats. The
outgoing party knew full well that this law would probably be
repealed, so now they can say during the next election that the
Democrats repealed an 'anti-terrorism' measure, without saying
exactly what that measure was.

Perhaps.

But why isn't the law designed to cause aircraft owners to perjure
themselves by failing to declare there affiliation with listed
terrorist organizations, so that they can be prosecuted? I doubt that
the Constitution would permit prosecuting people for merely being
members of the listed terrorist organizations alone.

You are talking about a State that just recently deported an Imam who, on
his application for citizenship didn't declare his affiliations with a
group that *wasn't* on a terrorist watch list at the time.

On what grounds did the state of Ohio manage to do that?

I was thinking, that the law may be intended to be used similarly to
the way Martha Stewart was found guilty of lying to federal
prosecutes. They didn't find her guilty of SEC violations, IIRC.

As if that
wasn't bad enough, instead of winding up in the Palestinian territories to
where he was deported, he is being detained by Isreal, where he was
delivered.

How did that happen?

So, yes, Ohio prosecutes people for far less than merely being
members of listed terrorist organizations.

I don't think it's a crime to be a member of a listed terrorist
organization, is it? At least, pre Patriot Act, I doubt it was.

On a lesser note, this State also increased the licensing tax on GA planes
to the same amount as commercial aircraft.

Did that change in rate result in an increase in licensing fees for
the typical Cessna 172 owners? If so, by about how much?

They do these things to pilots
because there aren't enough of us to create a political problem for them.

They get away with it, because people would rather pay than defend
their rights, just like traffic citations. We only have ourselves to
blame if we make ourselves easy targets for injustice. Plato said it
a long time ago:

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to
be ruled by evil men." -- Plato

I agree with C J on the motivations behind this law, and the only
practical benefit to its existance.


I have no knowledge of Ohio state politics. If you and Christopher
are correct, it is a sad comment on those governing Ohio.

All that aside, because the new Ohio law fails to apply similar
requirements to the other vehicles it licenses (boats, automobiles,
....), it smacks of selective enforcement, and may possible be
challenged on that ground:
http://www.moralityinmedia.org/nolc/...nforcement.htm