why wasn't this considered terrorism?

[ecoli]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/04/16/2010-04-16_obama_assassination_plot_paul_schlesselman_sentenced_to_10_years_for_plotting_mu.html

 

I say they should've thrown this guy in with the Gitmo inmates... what's the difference really?

[jryan]

I wouldn't mind it if he were water boarded.

[Pangloss]

I'll hold him down if you'll pour the water.

 

I wonder what the numbers 88 and 14 are supposed to be symbolic of.

[timo]

Concerning Guantanamo Bay I see a few differences:

- He was probably arrested within the US, not captured by the US military on the other end of the world.

- He wasn't captured in a war, err ... I mean during liberation of a democracy-seeking nation from unlawful combatants.

- There's probably no US official who has an interest in torturing him; it's not very likely that he knows about the terror plans of his fellow racists.

- He has had a trial.

- Most importantly: The US laws concerning this case are probably quite clear.

 

@Pangloss: In the German Nazi scene 88 stands for "Heil Hitler" (H is the 8th letter of the alphabet), I think.

EDIT: The 14 seems a US thing:

14, from the Fourteen Words coined by David Lane: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White children."

Edited April 16, 2010 by timo

[Pangloss]

Ugh.

 

(Thanks Timo.)

[Mr Skeptic]

Is this the same guy as the one arrested for threatening to kill Obama? Cause this one definitely deserves it.