After doing another search just on his name, I find it funny that you plucked one article, from a medical source not a news source, to back your point.
Even the wikipedia article, which his family is taking part in the editing, shows him to be a terrorist and a killer. Dana wrote: > wow. You carry weapons don't you? People do that quite a bit in war zones? > > I am sorry, but I can't get past the notion that here is a Canadian > citizen who has been held incommunicado for five years. And he's what, > 18? Now? If he did throw the rock, perhaps he should have been treated > as a child soldier. A quick google shows that the solder died (my > mistake) but also that the kid was injured, says he was tortured, and > has been denied medical care or psychiatric evaluation. > > http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/329/7474/1066-a?etoc > > I submit that this kid is a "terrorist" because they want to pressure > his family. He's not high-value. His family is. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/08/AR2005060802358_pf.html > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> He was caught throwing the rock, after which he admitted to carrying >> weapons and killing Americans. >> >> Not the same thing Dana, tell the rest of the story. >> >> Dana wrote: >>> There is a Canadian teenager who has been in Guantanamo for six years >>> for throwing a rock at a soldier in Afghanistan. I don't condone >>> throwing rocks at soldiers, but that seems little disproportionate, >>> esp since the soldier was not injured. I worry about a system that >>> labels children who think they are defending their village as >>> terrorists. Turns out his *father* is a key bad guy. Ah. We have >>> actually kidnapped a child to pressure a parent. That's better, >>> right?? >>> >>> Also, there are a multitude of stories about waiters being detained >>> because they served lunch to an al-Qaeda fighter, taxi drivers being >>> tortured to death at Bagram, and lawyers being detained for months in >>> error. If even one of these stories is true, that is a problem. >>> >>> You're trusting the government again. >>> >>> On 2/29/08, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Again the only people that I see whose civil liberties are being >>>> violated are the ones who are doing something wrong, and at that point >>>> you forfeit these liberties. I believe that the intent of this whole >>>> thing is to speed up the investigative process and not mire it up >>>> waiting for some judge or grand jury issue a subpoena. And let's not >>>> forget that there are leaks all throughout the government, so again if >>>> you run it through legal channels, you risk the perpetrators being >>>> notified. >>>> >>>> Dana wrote: >>>>> I don't know the book, but answers like this scare the hell out of >>>>> *me*... why is it that people who are in favor of de-funding the >>>>> government also favor turning our civil liberties over to its tender >>>>> mercies >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255312 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
