1.   A large portion of federal campaign contributions come from philosophically motivated groups such as the National Rifle Association or Planned Parenthood.

2.   Certainly the religiously motivated groups have established their influence in public schools.

3.   In such matters, one should always side with the more motivated group.

4.   None of this will necessarily deter highly motivated groups or power-hungry individuals from seeking independence, whether for honest motives or ulterior ones.

5.   The exact division of responsibility in these Muslim militant movements and their relations with other, similarly motivated political groups is often murky.

6.   The independents are a motivated group of entrepreneurs, small-business owners and innovators, and they are skillful at letter-faxing campaigns.

7.   The subway nerve gas attack in Tokyo illustrated what can happen when a motivated group mounts a single attack in a civilian society.

8.   This overall approach will not necessarily deter highly motivated groups or power-hungry individuals from seeking independence, whether for honest motives or ulterior ones.

9.   Yet it cloaks itself in the guise of education and avoids the requirements that other politically motivated groups must observe.