No joke: South Carolina now requires 'subversives' to register, page 1

No joke: South Carolina now requires 'subversives' to register

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Five-dollar registration fee for persons planning to overthrow US government

Terrorists who want to overthrow the United States government must now register with South Carolina's Secretary of State and declare their intentions -- or face a $25,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison.

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Well, that's sure going to stop a lot of terrorism in its tracks! If you can't beat them through better intelligence, throw intelligence out the door and drown them in red tape.

And talk about unintended consequences....

While the intention of the law is apparently aimed at Islamic terrorists, it's unclear in the law's wording whether it can be applied to right-wing militias, some of whom have reputedly called for the overthrow of the US government. The law states that "fraternal" and "patriotic" groups are exempt from the law, but only if they don't "contemplate the overthrow of the government."

The only thing I could think of doing when I read this was checking to see that it wasn't posted on April 1 of last year.

wtf?

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reply to post by metamagic

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Thanks for posting this Metamagic!

By "subversive organization," the law means "every corporation, society, association, camp, group, bund, political party, assembly, body or organization, composed of two or more persons, which directly or indirectly advocates, advises, teaches or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling, conducting, seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States [or] of this State."

What can I really say about this??? Hmmm

So if you are planning on overthrowing the US government your going to need the proper paper work to do so??? WTF???

This kind of thought is sooo out of touch with reality. And just another proof that things are so screwed up in this country.

Off topic remark... You need a permit to fish.. You need a permit to drive a car.. And now you need a permit to take over the USA government.. Classic!
I can't even pull a fish out of the water without a permit...


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$25,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison.

I think 25k and 10 years in prison would be the least of your worries if your going to over throw the government!!!

And plus I wonder this? Does everyone in your group need to have the proper paper work, or just a ring leader?

This is just such a load of bullocks!!!
There is no such thing as just "overthrowing" the US government..
There is no possible way in this day and age to over throw a government like ours. The government we see in our daily lives is a BIG puppet show!
The puppet masters that are in control have nukes, and an Armies..

This is a joke... But as far as I have seen.. Its no joke...
If there are groups of people who want to overthrow our government, why would they need the paperwork?
They would overthrow and change the rules about this.. Hence making this a total waste of time, and just for some reason makes me think this is something deeper..


[edit on 5-2-2010 by zysin5]

reply to post by muzzleflash

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tell everyone if they register they'll get giftcards to shop at Guess or HoltRenfrue or whatever. Make a claim about an Ellen or Oprah style giveaway. You know the one where the studio audience has orgasms in their seats over the shiny material possession their being given. It works for both of them. Might work for this.

Cheers

Originally posted by muzzleflash
Can we get more sources on this to verify that it is indeed true?

Link

We can have fun with the terminology; they shoot themselves in the foot...

(1) "Subversive organization" means every corporation, society, association, camp, group, bund, political party, assembly, body or organization, composed of two or more persons, which directly or indirectly advocates, advises, teaches or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling, conducting, seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States, of this State or of any political subdivision thereof by force or violence or other unlawful means;

So the bolded above is hilarity...it can be construed to mean anyone anywhere given the circumstances...unless the Supreme Court makes it lawful to lift the limit on campaign contributions, in which case legal exertion of control over the government is A-Okay...

Pretty much, what I am seeing here is that they are making it such that the only way to influence government is for those who have the means and capacity...

They're just drawing the lines in the sand regarding allowable political influence and disallowable political influence.

Which makes it a joke...since nothing has changed but the implementation of another overly broad definition for the application of further and more complex partisanship...

I think that a mandatory loss of cool points should be applied to the first person who gets caught by this legislation...
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Here is the actual form from the state's web site: Subversive Agent Form

The law is very real and is here: S.C. Code of Laws Title 23 Chapter 29

It is pretty obvious that this is just in place so that they can prosecute people who they feel are a threat, even if they have no evidence, simply by pointing out that they "directly or indirectly advocates, advises, teaches or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling, conducting, seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States, of this State or of any political subdivision thereof by force or violence or other unlawful means".

I really love this section here:

SECTION 23-29-30. Effect on freedom of press or speech.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize, require or establish censorship or to limit in any way or infringe upon freedom of the press or of speech as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States and no regulation shall be promulgated hereunder having that effect.

Wow, now it can't be unconstitutional because they said it isn't..

And this section:

SECTION 23-29-70. Forms and schedule for filing information.
Every organization or person coming within the provisions of this chapter shall file with the Secretary of State all information which he may request, on the forms and at the times he may prescribe.

Which essentially states that if the state says you are a subversive agent, you *MUST* give them any and all information they request within the time they give you or you face the 10 year/$25K fine.

This law is well written. Not saying I agree with it, but it is a very clever piece of legislation.

[edit on 2-5-2010 by rogerstigers]

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