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Re: Capital Ideas
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:10:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> Yeah, I can't see why Padilla can't be given his rights, due process, equal
> protection, trial by jury for treason, right to appeal, and then hung upside
> down by the short-hairs until he is dead either...
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> I mean, the guy is an american however loathsome his actions. Being tried
> for treason seems sufficient to me -- why deny him his rights? What is up
> with that? Frankly, I can't see why anyone accused of terrorism should be
> denied their rights. If we have the goods on them, I say try them and lock
> them up!
I agree! Either we have a case and should try him, or we don't have a
case and should release him (after implanting a GPS tracking device, of
course...)
> On a finer point, you don't really think that democrats or republicans
> represent anything but middle of the road politics as usual, do you? It's
> just another variant on "bread and circuses."
Well, sure! I'd just like them to be consistent in their particular
flavor of invective.
Dave!
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| (...) Yeah, I can't see why Padilla can't be given his rights, due process, equal protection, trial by jury for treason, right to appeal, and then hung upside down by the short-hairs until he is dead either... I mean, the guy is an american however (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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