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Subversives In South Carolina Mostly Safe

Posted by kdawson on from the as-you-were dept.

sabt-pestnu sends in an update on our story about South Carolina and subversives. "According to Eugene Volokh, the Raw Story article has got it backwards. Westlaw says that the cited statute dates back to 1951, when a lot of anti-Communist statutes were being enacted nationwide. What brought Raw Story's attention to it may be that South Carolina is once again trying to repeal the archaic law. And in any event, a half-century-old case (Yates vs. United States, 354 U.S. 298 (1957)) took most of the teeth out of such laws."

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  1. In other words ... by maxwell+demon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mostly harmless.

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    1. Re:In other words ... by JWSmythe · · Score: 4, Funny

          Please reference section 42 of your Slashdot User Agreement, and you will find it necessary to submit yourself to 30 lashes with a wet noodle, and turn in your geek card. You should hurry before your late.

          Sorry about that. Ford only wrote "Mostly Harmless", not "Completely apathetic". You should have been aware of the rules. They were clearly posted.

          In the cellar...

          In the disused lavatory...

          Clearly marked with the sign "Beware Of The Leopard"...

          In the bottom of the locked file cabinet...

          Under a mostly dead parrot.

          Like I said, clearly posted.

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  2. Doh! by sargeUSMC · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do I withdraw my application?

  3. Now what am I going to do? by Qzukk · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's the point of being subversive if it's not forbidden?

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    1. Re:Now what am I going to do? by Chris+Burke · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well if it makes you feel better, and you aren't too picky, I forbid you from being subversive.

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    2. Re:Now what am I going to do? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Please, Sir, forbid me as well, please.

    3. Re:Now what am I going to do? by R3d+M3rcury · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes! He'll forbid all of us!

    4. Re:Now what am I going to do? by AliasMarlowe · · Score: 2, Funny

      And after the forbidding, the oral ... reprimand!

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  4. Re:I'm not a Commie! Cross My Heart! by Chris+Burke · · Score: 4, Funny

    (The oath requires the signer to "support and defend" the California and U.S,. constitutions; not wanting to violate her religious principles, she'd inserted the word "nonviolently".) She was eventually rehired after the usual legal squabble, which ended with the state AG ruling that the unamended oath did not obligated the signer to do military service!

    Aw. I was hoping the issue was resolved when they balanced the score by hiring someone who amended the oath by inserting "exclusively through violence".

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  5. In a related development... by LostCluster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Al Queda of South Carolina has declared a victory!

  6. Re:Maryland had something called the "Ober law" by cptnapalm · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mod parent down! We don't allow reality here!!!!

  7. Re:I'm not a Commie! Cross My Heart! by fm6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    They did. He's called the Governator.

  8. Re:subversion by SEWilco · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of /.?

  9. Re:problem is not that they were communists or not by c6gunner · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's the irrational fear that somebody somewhere is getting something that they didn't earn or deserve.

    No, we weren't talking about gitmo ...