Petro wrote: > > On Monday, January 14, 2002, at 04:27 AM, F. Marc de Piolenc wrote: > >> What's good for the goose should be good for the gander, ya? > > > > Nonsense. No reasonable definition of criminal conduct would put the US > > government and al-Quaeda in the same category. > > How about Criminal Conduct meaning "Actions violate the laws". > > The USG *HAS* done that from time to time you know. Maybe not as > baldly as al-Quaeda, but it has done so.
Okay, let's try a concrete example: A commits the offense of blocking another's driveway with his automobile. B commits murder. Is A in the same category as B? If yes, then I have to concede the argument, because as you say the US government is not Simon-pure. I do, however, make a distinction. Marc de Piolenc
