Letters to the Editor
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From those who want less government...MORE GOVERNMENT!
I first became aware that I was participating in a terrorist activity, aka demonstrating against Ringling Bros. Circus in my town, by one of the participants. She said that the the Animal Enterprise Act essentially would allow my arrest if someone testifies that they saw a person that was about to go into the facility and buy tickets for the circus, change his/her mind and leave. This would essentially mean that I was obstructing the purveyors' ability to gain income. By holding an accurate picture of an elephant chained and being beaten with a bullhook by an employee of the circus, I could be arrested as a terrorist.
It horrifies me that freedom of speech has been kirigamied to this extent. I am sickened by a bunch of corporate backed prosecutors going after people that have a passion for the dependent beings of this world. The mere thought of this mother being put in jail based on a bunch of shady underhanded dealings makes me feel that we are surrounded by an iron curtain. One of our own making. We allowed this to happen. The tiny minority that screamed and rattled the cages and desperately tried to get everyone, anyone to pay attention to what was happened, everyone that was too wrapped up in day to day life to notice that our neocon government had over-stepped to the point of weighing heavily with their steel toed boot on our necks. There are ALF people...or rather visitors to the website that are currently incarcerated for being associated with that organization.
There has never been a more crucial time in our national history. Regardless of the outcome in the democratic primaries, we have to band together and vote in change. Big fat sweeping change. And never, ever again fall for the soothing, consoling whispers of our leaders telling us that they will take care of everything, don't you worry, they've got it covered. Go back to your life. Hopefully, at some point, Briana will be able to do just that.