On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 20:54:39 -0500, "ALISON MUELLER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Larry Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>I cannot help myself, I must post about the lady upset that the terrorist >>maggotts are being treated unfairly. ... >AMEN BROTHER!!!!!!! I wrote a reply to Larry yesterday, but deleted it without sending as it was off-topic. But, I hope I'll be forgiven for writing this off-topic post this once. Just two points, but important ones: 1. The terrorists are not nice people, but they are people, human beings, not maggots. 2. The reason we cherish and defend human rights isn't to protect the guilty, but to protect thee and me. If everyone the government suspected of a crime, or charged with a crime, or wanted to lock up as a suspected terrorist, was actually guilty, then we wouldn't need our civil rights. We wouldn't even need trials and juries. But the government is not omniscient, and it makes mistakes. Only by guaranteeing civil rights to everyone, even the scum of the earth, can we protect ourselves. I object to denying rights to terrorists because I don't want to lose them myself. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
