Vackovich, how can you say these people only want to do harm to the US? The whole point is that we don't have enough evidence to be able to say that. If we did, we wouldn't need to build special prisons to house them indefinitely. We would try them and, if found guilty, convict them.
You might just laugh this off, but how about really considering the following scenario? What if you were in another country and, for whatever reason, were suspected of being a threat to their safety. Say they mistook you for a terrorist. So, while they investigate, they throw you in jail without any access to legal counsel. The investigation doesn't turn up any damning evidence against you, at least not enough to bring you to trial, yet, there's still that tip or whatever it was that made them suspect you in the first place. Unable to try you, they just leave you in jail to rot because they've made up their minds that you *might* be dangerous. But you'd be ok with staying in prison with no hope of release, right? You wouldn't expect them to risk harm to their own citizens, would you? Never mind that they never convicted you of a crime.
By the way, I do understand and agree that Constitutional rights do not extend to foreigners. However, that doesn't mean that we, as a nation, shouldn't strive to be just. My opinion has nothing to do with pleasing UN governments, either. It's not about politics, it's about people's lives.
Thank you. By the way, I'm posting anonymously b/c I'm not a registered user.
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Date: 2005-01-04 08:06 pm (UTC)You might just laugh this off, but how about really considering the following scenario? What if you were in another country and, for whatever reason, were suspected of being a threat to their safety. Say they mistook you for a terrorist. So, while they investigate, they throw you in jail without any access to legal counsel. The investigation doesn't turn up any damning evidence against you, at least not enough to bring you to trial, yet, there's still that tip or whatever it was that made them suspect you in the first place. Unable to try you, they just leave you in jail to rot because they've made up their minds that you *might* be dangerous. But you'd be ok with staying in prison with no hope of release, right? You wouldn't expect them to risk harm to their own citizens, would you? Never mind that they never convicted you of a crime.
By the way, I do understand and agree that Constitutional rights do not extend to foreigners. However, that doesn't mean that we, as a nation, shouldn't strive to be just. My opinion has nothing to do with pleasing UN governments, either. It's not about politics, it's about people's lives.
Thank you. By the way, I'm posting anonymously b/c I'm not a registered user.