Fri, 06 Jun 2003

Everything is Terrorism

Given that the US now equates smoking a joint with "terrorism", and is preparing to equate smoking a cigarette with terrorism, you gotta wonder if next year eating a Big Mac will be supporting terrorism too....

I wonder how long it will be before somebody in Congress gets the bright idea that using an Internet casino is supporting terrorism? Or downloading porn? Or any and every social sin and vice? Is "terrorism" going to become the catch all of crime?

Gimme a break!

U.S. Bill Targets Tobacco Sites. As higher tobacco taxes prompt more smokers to buy cigarettes online, two senators propose tougher rules to clamp down on tax evasion. Besides depleting state coffers, they claim, contraband sales can promote terrorism. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]

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