TREASON
VS.
TRAITOR
TREASON
TRAITOR
TREASON VS. TRAITOR
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
4 MOTIVATIONS OF TRAITORS
TREASON VS. TRAITOR LINKS
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TREASON
Treason is "the highest of all crimes"—defined as intentionally
betraying one's allegiance by levying war against the
government or giving aid or comfort to its enemies.
It's the most serious offense one can commit against the government
and punishable by imprisonment and death. Treason prosecutions are
rare, with around 40 federal prosecutions (and even fewer convictions)
in U.S. history.
Treason
https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/treason.htm
Treason
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason
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TRAITOR
A person who is not loyal or stops being loyal to
their own country, social class, beliefs, etc.:
Traitor
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/traitor
Traitor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason
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TREASON
VS.
TRAITOR
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
As nouns the difference between treason and traitor is that treason
is the crime of betraying one’s own country while traitor is one who
violates his allegiance and betrays his/her country; one guilty of
treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an
enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or
surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when
vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against his
country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country.
Treason vs Traitor
- What's the difference?
https://wikidiff.com/treason/traitor
What's the difference
between traitor and treason?
https://comparewords.com/traitor/treason
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MOTIVATIONS
OF
TRAITORS
Sometimes the characters that we think are good guys turn
out to be bad guys. How do you create believable traitors?
What Motivates Traitors?
First and foremost is the question of motivation. We may
want a character to turn because it advances the plot and
increases the tension, turns what should be an easy victory
into an ignominious defeat. Why would someone do such a
thing, though?
What makes a betrayer?
1. Sometimes it's bribery.
Jayne Cobb, in the series Firefly, tells his captain, “The
money was just too good.” Saruman was seduced by the promise
of the power that Sauron could grant.
2. Sometimes it's fear.
Lando Calrissian's city was occupied by Imperial forces, he
believed that turning Han over to Darth Vader would save
himself and his people. In 1984, O'Brien tells Winston Smith,
“They got me a long time ago”, implying that he himself had
been arrested and turned by the Party.
3. Sometimes the traitor is motivated by loyalty.
George Correll in Steinbeck's The Moon Is Down thought of
himself as a soldier and a patriot. In the film Gangs Of
New York, Amsterdam Vallon goes to work for Bill Cutting
specifically to seek revenge for the death of his father.
4. Sometimes the betrayal seems justified.
In John Sayles' film about the 1919 White Sox scandal, Eight
Men Out, the team's owner Charles Comiskey is shown breaking
promises to the players and essentially driving them to throw
the series.
4 Motivations of Traitors
https://thewritepractice.com/motivations-traitors/
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TREASON
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TRAITOR
LINKS
How Founding Fathers Defined
'Traitors' And 'Treason'
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/200454930
Traitor
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/traitor
Treason
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2381
Treason
https://www.britannica.com/topic/treason
Treason Clause
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/interpretation/article-iii/clauses/39
Treason Clause:
Doctrine and Practice
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artIII_S3_C1_1_2/
Treason, Sedition, and Insurrection:
What’s the Difference?
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2021/01/treason-sedition-and-insurrection-whats-the-difference/
TREASON, SEDITION,
AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/part1/chapter115&edition=prelim
What legally qualifies as treason, sedition or a coup?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/featured/sns-liststory-what-is-treason-sedition-coup-20210107-gegwe2fqqndqfedsff3vdo32va-list.html
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Fact-Checking
https://www.poynter.org/category/fact-checking/
Foundations Magazine
http://www.foundationsmag.com/index.html
The Anti-Defamation League
https://www.adl.org/
Eurovoc
http://eurovoc.europa.eu/
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