This is quite possibly the stupidest thing I've seen come from a government -- and that's saying a lot, given the dimwits we've had running the Federal Government for the last hundred years or so.
The State of South Carolina actuallly passed a law requiring subversive organizations to register with the State.
For a five-dollar fee, no less.
This is why I have such a difficult time taking terrorist threats seriously. The gaping holes in logic that would allow the stupidest State legislator to spend more than a picosecond's time considering this legislation are so stark that it's not even worthy of comment.
Think of this for a moment: not only did it make sense to one legislature, it made sense to both the South Carolina House, Senate, and its Governor. Really. You can't make this up. No one would believe it if you did.
I want to be clear that I'm not in any way suggesting or condoning subversive activity, fraud, or anything illegal. That in mind, I'm curious what would stop someone from downloading the form, filling it out out with bogus information, and then mailing it in -- without the required fee?
Think about it for a moment: in a country in which we now have a KGB (sorry, that's Department Of Homeland Security here in the U.S.) what would the State of South Carolina be forced to do if they started receiving these forms?
Lacking the five-dollar fee, they couldn't file it. They couldn't just throw it away, either. It would need to be investigated, both by the State and then passed on to Federal officials.
I'm simply curious how much KGB manpower might be thrown at it, should the State of South Carolina suddenly start getting huge numbers of these forms?
It's just an idle thought. I'm explicitly not suggesting that anyone download the form; fill it out using an organization name like "Coalition for the Liberation of Itinerant Tree-dwellers"; use "Bubbles the Chimp" as the chief agent's name; and use the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' mission statement for the organization's goals.
The reason I'm not suggesting that is because it would be fraudulent. And having mentioned the details in public, the next knock on my door would be from men in dark suits from the FBI.
So honestly, don't. Besides, 300 million Americans have a lot more creativity than anything I could suggest.
So don't do it. Really.
Do not download the PDF form that you can find at this link
And whatever you do, please do not send it to:
South Carolina Secretary of State’s Office
Attn: Corporate Filings
P.O. Box 11350
Columbia, SC 29211.
If for some bizarre reason you're a member of a subversive organization and you want to register, do not forget to include the five-dollar filing fee.
You also shouldn't wear gloves when handling the paper and envelope used to send the form. Don't mail it from a random mailbox or post office so out-of-the-way that you'd never been there before in your life and couldn't find your way back without a GPS.
Just don't -- because that would no doubt be illegal. After all, isn't everything?
