Agreed. The special treatment isn't necessary, and may go too far. But the opposite which is overriding normal rights of a suspect because they may be a terrorist, is also not acceptable in my view.
Society needs to find a balance for this new challenge, because it is indeed a challenge that all countries now have to face. The religious rights of someone must be upheld and respected, but when respecting these rights endangers the society as a whole, I think one needs to draw a line. But, it isn't catholic/christian homes with religious altars etc. being trampled or destroyed, or bibles being torn apart looking for hidden compartments or bomb materials. So perhaps my view may be skewed or I may lack sufficient empathy. Hypothetically, if homes and churches were being searched and altars,statues of jesus and mary, bibles,holy communion searched or sniffed by dogs etc. were being destroyed on a wide scale in a search for Christian fundamentalist terrorists, and assuming that usually a high percentage of those homes searched with the attendent religious destruction would not have been involved in anything untoward, the tempers of moderate christians with nothing to do with terrorism might run high. It could easily be seen as an assault on a Religion (which it is not) rather than a hunt for terrorists. So how do you balance that? How do you ensure that as a society you do not send the message that Muslim/Islam = Terrorist? On 8/3/05, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Read the first paragraph again and tell me that those NEW rights are not > crazy? I can just hear it now: > "Mr. IRA terrorist suspect, we would be coming into your home to investigate > you but it is Sunday and due to your religious beliefs I may be interrupting > your prayers so I'll be back tomorrow" > That's what they are doing here. Giving more rights to Muslim suspects above > and beyond other people. > > The police are looking for bombs and bomb making materials. Best way to find > them? Dogs. New rules say you can't use dogs because Muslims may find them > offensive. The police are about to capture a suspect and are about to break > into his house where he's suspected to be armed and dangerous. New rules. > They have to remove their shoes first. Rights are one thing but the suspects > are being given SPECIAL rights because there's a fear of 'offending' them. > Special rights are not rights, they are an insult to everyone else. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167904 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
