Counterpoint... OJ Simpson. I would argue that for every 'innocent' person who has been sent to jail, there is at least 1 'guilty' person who was not.
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 9:12 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. > > 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. 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? What > about accused serial murderers, can we kick their teeth in? What about > people who are accused of these things but not by someone you consider > an authority figure? > > Perhaps you see my point. > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not OK. I have little sympathy for KSM and other mass-murderers of > > civilians. If they got their teeth knocked out by some Marines, that's > not > > something I am going to worry about. If innocent people got the same > > treatment, that's a different story. > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Dana wrote: > > > >> bottom line = "some beatings" are ok if it's our guys doing them, is > >> that what you are saying? > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:286567 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
