> Hat wrote: > two scenarios: Let me give you 2 scenarios:
1.) I raped your wife. 2.) I raped your wife and beat her for an hour. My point being that this is not some relative moralism, it's about whether or not the US wants to stand up for acceptable standards of human treatment. This administration has declared "no" and have attempted to remove America's standing in that regard. It's a classic case of, "just give me more power and then I can REALLY help you." The problem with the "combatants on the field of battle" argument is that neither "combatant" nor "field of battle" are defined. So, for example, you wind up with a taxi driver being imprisoned for 3 years for no apparent reason. But that's just the immorality towards non-American citizens. How about the 20-something kid that was held for 8 months? Was he stupid for being in Iraq? yup. But who's to say you're an American once you're in prison? See, that's the point. As a person you have no rights whatsoever. Only external forces can be applied to release you. So it's all convenient to say, "the letter of the law says it only applies to aliens." But in practice it can apply to any damn person they want because the process allows it and there's no recourse. You could be imprisoned today under this law and held legally for 10 years. Should us CFers choose to prove your citizenship, then we could have you released. But otherwise you'd rot. And that's the problem. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217375 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
