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Originally posted by Beef
Forgive me for being angry with terrorists...
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No one is saying don't be angry with terrorists, but htink it through.
We live in a country that is supposedly built on a system of law. Precedent is one of the pillars of our legal system. If we set a precedent of treating ANYONE, even these men (who are beneath scum IMHO) in a way that goes against our lwas, it will bite us in the butt, and we will lose the perceived high moral ground (the rest of the world dislikes us anyway, and as you can see it takes only one bad news report for us to go from America the victim to America the oppressor).
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It may be said with rough accuracy that there are three stages in the life of a strong people. First, it is a small power, and fights small powers. Then it is a great power, and fights great powers. Then it is a great power, and fights small powers, but pretends that they are great powers, in order to rekindle the ashes of its ancient emotion and vanity.-- G.K. Chesterton
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