anyone with the impression I am trying to degrade people that think
like that I think most of us do at one time or anther. Hell I can
think of more than one occasion when I took shear delight in the
thought of beating the hell out of people that have wronged me in the
past.
Adam H
On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:29:17 -0400, Adam Haskell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sickening yes, surprising not really. We admonish murder but see it
> fit to kill off those we can not fix. We are mortified and disgusted
> by terrorist that blow up our builds but see it just to attack an
> entire country and kill innocent, and sometimes supporters, civilians.
> People are applaud by terrorist torturing our civilians in an effort
> to run us off but for some reason the thought capturing and torturing
> that terrorist is not only acceptable but endearing to some people.
>
>
> Adam Haskell
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:06:43 -0500, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This feature at The New York Review of Books just makes my stomach turn.
> > http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17230
> >
> > It's from July 15, so it's not new. But it's sickening to think that
> > while we decry the acts of torture by other countries our own leaders
> > are doing backflips to justify doing it themselves. The article cites
> > several memos and legal arguments. Here's a sample:
> >
> > "In order to respect the President's inherent constitutional authority
> > to manage a military campaign,... (the prohibition against torture)
> > must be construed as inapplicable to interrogations undertaken
> > pursuant to his Commander-in-Chief authority.... Congress may no more
> > regulate the President's ability to detain and interrogate enemy
> > combatants than it may regulate his ability to direct troop movements
> > on the battlefield.... Any effort by Congress to regulate the
> > interrogation of unlawful combatants [terrorists] would violate the
> > Constitution's sole vesting of the Commander-in-Chief authority in the
> > President."
> >
> > -Kevin
> >
> >
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