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Experts say otherwise. My knowledge of international law is not sufficient to question their interpretation.True, but how that applies to this case, I'm not sure of. Israel's blockade of Gaza is not illegal.
I agree.
(3) One continually encountered yesterday expressions of dread and fear from Arabs and Muslims around the world that the attacker would be either or both. That's because they know that all members of their religious or ethnic group will be blamed, or worse, if that turns out to be the case. That's true even though leading Muslim-American groups such as CAIR harshly condemned the attack (as they always do) and urged support for the victims, including blood donations. One tweeter, referencing the earthquake that hit Iran this morning, satirized this collective mindset by writing:
"Please don't be a Muslim plate tectonic activity."
As understandable as it is, that's just sad to witness. No other group reacts with that level of fear to these kinds of incidents, because no other group has similar cause to fear that they will all be hated or targeted for the acts of isolated, unrepresentative individuals. A similar dynamic has long prevailed in the domestic crime context: when the perpetrators of notorious crimes turned out to be African-American, the entire community usually paid a collective price. But the unique and well-grounded dread that hundreds of millions of law-abiding, peaceful Muslims and Arabs around the world have about the prospect that this attack in Boston was perpetrated by a Muslim highlights the climate of fear that has been created for and imposed on them over the last decade.
The Boston bombing produces familiar and revealing reactions | Glenn Greenwald | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Experts say otherwise. My knowledge of international law is not sufficient to question their interpretation.
A just society doesn't reward proven (beyond doubt) murder with free room and board.
Agreed: Justice must be done, that means that guilt must be proven.
A just society does exactly that (and jail is not free room and board. Jail is imprisonment and is in no way comparable to getting a free place to stay).
Just like free speech must apply to the most egregious and vile of speech to be a valid protection, so must the rule and process of law apply to to those who have obviously committed the most heinous of crimes.
No, in a just society, the punishment fits the crime, and society stands up for the victims of crime, protecting THEM, instead of the criminals.
Where did I say anything else? I actually specified that guilt MUST be proven.
Really? seem to recall something about no trials for animals a day back. Must have been someone else.Where did I say anything else? I actually specified that guilt MUST be proven.
Personally, if they are guilty then justice would be to turn them over to the families that were hurt and killed.A just society does exactly that (and jail is not free room and board. Jail is imprisonment and is in no way comparable to getting a free place to stay). Just like free speech must apply to the most egregious and vile of speech to be a valid protection, so must the rule and process of law apply to to those who have obviously committed the most heinous of crimes. Our protections must protect all of us or they are guarantees for none of us.
8th ammendment who?Personally, if they are guilty then justice would be to turn them over to the families that were hurt and killed.
Personally, if they are guilty then justice would be to turn them over to the families that were hurt and killed.
Really? seem to recall something about no trials for animals a day back. Must have been someone else.
Well, no, actually what you said wasI said they should get a fair trial.
then you saidYou want to give this animal a trial? >.>
Once you decide to kill people, you don't deserve any more rights.
Wasn't you, I was mistaken, as serendipitously demonstrated by Preacher's wife and the pie guy.Please provide proof that I said that! Because I can't remember doing so!
Again, 8th ammendment whuh?It is called justice, receiving like in kind for what you do.
Again, 8th ammendment whuh?
It is called justice, receiving like in kind for what you do.
Personally, if they are guilty then justice would be to turn them over to the families that were hurt and killed.
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