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Originally Posted by daswig
He met with the enemy, exchanged views on how the war could be ended with a NVA victory, and then came home and actively worked to spread NVA propaganda to destroy morale on the home front.
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Another way of putting it was that he attended the Paris Peace Talks.
He didn't spy for the NVA. He didn't commit acts of sabotage. Opposing the war and working towards its end is not treason in my opinion.
If he is honestly guilty of treason, don't you think he would have been charged?
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Are you familiar with a long-dead Congressman named Vallandigham? How about what Abraham Lincoln said about people like Vallandigham and Kerry? In case you don't remember the quote, here it is: "Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged." Google it. He actually said that, and carried through on it.
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I'm not familiar with Vallandigham, but am very interested in the history of the American Civil War. If you think the current environment is divisive, it pales into comparison with what happened during the Civil War. I don't believe the analogy fits today's circumstances.
The Rosenbergs were tried and executed. I don't think that was right, but it happened.
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Probably because Moore didn't actually meet with the enemy. Now, Sean Penn may well be another matter. I DO think that Moore is walking VERY close to the line on what is and isn't protected by the First Amendment. Is he over it? I don't know, but given what happened to Eugene Debs, he may well be.
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If you honestly believe Moore and Penn are guilty, or deserve to be charged with, treason then there's not much I can do to change your mind. We simply disagree.
By these same lines, Oliver North and many of his cohorts in the Reagan Administration (up to and including the President) should have been charged with treason and taken out and hanged.
Silly when you think about it, no?
Mr Mephisto