Editor,
I find it ironic that Ryan Brightbill, founder of the Reagan Freedom Society, feels comfortable defining what constitutes treason.
While Berthold's comments regarding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the Pentagon were, without question, tasteless, asserting that his commentary rises to the level of treason reeks of a neo-McCarthyist if-you're-not-with-us-you're-against-us mentality.
One could argue the members of such a society are qualified to speak on the subject of treason - it was during the Reagan administration that the Iran-Contra scandal occurred, that several democratically elected but left-leaning South American governments were overthrown and replaced with murderous despots, and that the United States saw fit to arm and fund the extremist mujahedeen in an effort to subvert the Soviet campaign in Afghanistan.
While I can imagine accusing people who make boorish comments of treason is both entertaining and a great way to score points with upstanding members of society like Ann Coulter, perhaps a greater lesson can be learned - what you reap, however horrific, is almost always related to what you sow.
William Pearl
UNM student
