Raisethefist.com Raided

mfb and others wrote in about a raid on the operator of raisethefist.com last week. It was first reported on Indymedia.org here and here, followed by an LA Weekly article. By far the best news piece so far is this one from Newsbytes.

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Lets not forget

[Pinball Wizard]

Yeah, yeah, this guy broke into websites and should be punished. However, way too many people seem to be forgetting a couple of things.

1 - The right of the people to overthrow their government when it fails to meet their needs is written in the Declaration of Independence:

Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government

It is expressly Patriotic according to our countries founding document to overthrow the government should it become tyrannical.

2 - we have this little thing called freedom of speech. There is no law prohibiting the dissemination of bomb making information. If that is a crime, I guess Amazon.com is a terrorist organization:

Poor Man's James Bond

Anarchist's Cookbook

Home Workshop Explosives

I suggest we keep these things in mind as we continue to hunt down terrorists. Its important not to forget the freedoms that make this country worth fighting for.