On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 6:12 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote:
> but see... what it looks like is that this guy cannot be prosecuted > because he was tortured. Bravo to all the Jack Bauer wannabes. > He is being prosecuted. He has already stated to the judge, without prompting, that he wants to plead guilty. He does not deny his role in the attacks. > > Beyond the practicalities, you don't have to have sympathy for the > guy. I suspect few people do. But if it's ok to knock his teeth out > when is it not ok? We haven't had a trial after all and before you > scoff, let's remember Jose Padilla, who was supposedly such a bad guy, > plotting to release a dirty bomb; in the end the never even charged > him with this. National security. They could not release the evidence for fear of compromising sources and methods. > So if it is ok to knock people's teeth out when they > are accused of slaughter, is it ok to knock people's teeth out when > they are accused of let's say negligently causing many deaths? No. > What > about accused serial murderers, can we kick their teeth in? Remember Dahmer? You think that guy that killed him in prison was isolated with Dahmer by accident? They were together alone for less than a minute. That was a prison hit - payback for being a psycho killer. > What about > people who are accused of these things but not by someone you consider > an authority figure? > There is hardly a need for a trial, the guys wants to plead guilt and be a martyr for the cause. It would be delicious irony for him to be convicted and have Obama commute his sentence to life without parole, don't you think? > > Perhaps you see my point. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286542 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
