tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240289.post113392276319013129..comments2023-12-27T09:00:42.844-08:00Comments on The Workday Liberal: The curse of 24bhfrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10261648934732735275noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240289.post-1134010950396379652005-12-07T19:02:00.000-08:002005-12-07T19:02:00.000-08:00The ticking timebomb scenario is predicated on the...The ticking timebomb scenario is predicated on the authorities knowing that an attack is imminent. That qualification re: a possible arrest on 9/10 means it would not qualify for the scenario because we were clueless on 9/10 that an attack was imminent. <BR/><BR/>"People that disguise themselves and attack civillians are not deserving of any rights." <BR/><BR/>By military law they would be eligible for the death penalty as spies I grant you. But there is no reading of any law besides that of the jungle whereby basic human rights would not be granted to anybody under our control. You are arguing a point here even the Bushies do not agree with. When they say they don't torture (which they can claim because their definition of torture is so narrow) are you claiming they are wrong to take that position? <BR/><BR/>Now listen... I'm not arguing these folks shouldn't be fought and imprisoned and killed when we are fighting them. But once they fall into our control it is our obligation as Americans to treat them humanely. Otherwise we lose any moral high ground we once occupied in regards to human rights...<BR/><BR/>"you dogmatically cling to your own narrow world-view."<BR/><BR/>This isn't MY view... it's the stated view and policies of AMERICA through out history, and especially after WWII when we helped start the U.N. They are the views of John McCain and 90 other U.S. Senators. They are the stated if not practiced views of the administration itself! My views? I post them here, but that not what this debate is about in the least.bhfrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261648934732735275noreply@blogger.com