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dar512
SCOTUS Grants Guantanamo...
06-13-2008,
04:43 PM
BigV
I agree. A victory for the...
06-13-2008,
05:36 PM
DanaC
If they're a bad guy, then...
06-13-2008,
05:39 PM
Radar
Mark today on your calendar. ...
06-13-2008,
06:27 PM
tw
This is a third time that a...
06-13-2008,
07:33 PM
tw
Hundreds were held in...
10-22-2008,
02:12 AM
Undertoad
cite.
10-22-2008,
10:09 AM
richlevy
First, define torture. This...
10-22-2008,
07:50 PM
TheMercenary
I can't agree more. Lets just...
06-13-2008,
05:52 PM
TheMercenary
Yea, setting the first...
06-13-2008,
06:31 PM
deadbeater
Now this is something the...
06-13-2008,
07:25 PM
flaja
Diplomats have diplomatic...
06-13-2008,
07:45 PM
tw
An additional point. George...
06-14-2008,
01:34 PM
TheMercenary
Supporting facts please for...
06-14-2008,
01:37 PM
More replies below current depth...
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flaja
Habeas corpus is not an...
06-14-2008,
02:39 PM
deadbeater
If the Supreme Court ruled...
06-15-2008,
09:30 PM
flaja
A Supreme Court ruling in...
06-16-2008,
10:46 AM
Flint
I loved Bush's comment on...
06-13-2008,
10:20 PM
TheMercenary
Did ya expect something...
06-13-2008,
10:22 PM
flaja
What would be a reasonable...
06-14-2008,
06:43 PM
classicman
:tinfoil:
06-14-2008,
11:32 PM
Urbane Guerrilla
Let's not confuse the civil...
06-15-2008,
12:47 AM
flaja
GWB’s war on terror has no...
06-15-2008,
01:59 PM
richlevy
I'm not sure these guys are...
06-15-2008,
03:46 PM
Urbane Guerrilla
Let the record show that none...
06-16-2008,
12:10 AM
flaja
How can you lose a war when...
06-16-2008,
10:53 AM
smoothmoniker
Excellent point. All 1...
06-16-2008,
11:06 AM
flaja
I don't care one bit whether...
06-16-2008,
06:29 PM
deadbeater
The radical Muslims are...
06-16-2008,
11:18 PM
dar512
Placing the blame on all...
06-16-2008,
11:25 AM
flaja
The Nazis classified Jews...
06-16-2008,
06:44 PM
More replies below current depth...
Aliantha
I think tw is gwb in...
06-16-2008,
12:28 AM
spudcon
Geneva Convention applies to...
06-16-2008,
12:34 AM
flaja
It isn't the POW's home...
06-16-2008,
11:06 AM
dar512
How quick we are to deny...
06-16-2008,
11:14 AM
spudcon
Why does a group who...
06-16-2008,
03:26 PM
dar512
Because that's one of the...
06-16-2008,
04:07 PM
glatt
Actually, the wimps here...
06-16-2008,
04:09 PM
flaja
Would you like to comment on...
06-16-2008,
06:52 PM
More replies below current depth...
Urbane Guerrilla
I thought all the romantic...
06-16-2008,
12:34 AM
Aliantha
I don't think I've read that...
06-16-2008,
12:43 AM
Urbane Guerrilla
Cold War Warrior of 2008...
06-16-2008,
01:12 AM
Aliantha
I've just read it. So far...
06-16-2008,
01:20 AM
Undertoad
Like O.J.
06-16-2008,
05:37 PM
headsplice
But not R. Kelly!
06-17-2008,
01:21 PM
Aliantha
I realize there's no context...
06-16-2008,
05:47 PM
flaja
“We hold these truths to be...
06-16-2008,
06:58 PM
deadbeater
Sigh. 'Unlawful combatant'...
06-16-2008,
06:08 PM
TheMercenary
Although I am not sure I ever...
06-17-2008,
01:11 PM
headsplice
True. However, just because...
06-17-2008,
01:26 PM
flaja
If terms like unlawful...
06-17-2008,
02:38 PM
flaja
What were the Americans that...
06-17-2008,
02:31 PM
TheMercenary
I'm sorry but I don't buy...
06-17-2008,
02:57 PM
More replies below current depth...
richlevy
They were 'unlawful...
06-17-2008,
07:34 PM
DanaC
You do realise you have a...
06-16-2008,
06:53 PM
flaja
Back in the 1980s my...
06-16-2008,
07:13 PM
Flint
ha ha ha that's classic ......
06-17-2008,
11:31 AM
flaja
http://www.tnr.com/politics/st...
06-17-2008,
02:16 PM
deadbeater
First of all, Arabs and Jews...
06-16-2008,
11:16 PM
flaja
Other than historical...
06-17-2008,
08:37 AM
DanaC
I disagree. Singapore is an...
06-17-2008,
08:54 AM
flaja
Get your facts straight. ...
06-17-2008,
01:54 PM
Flint
I've seen it claimed on the...
06-17-2008,
02:24 PM
DanaC
You are right lol. I meant...
06-17-2008,
03:07 PM
glatt
Funny thing is that when I...
06-17-2008,
03:20 PM
flaja
You still need to get your...
06-17-2008,
08:43 PM
Sundae
Same here! Must be the...
06-17-2008,
03:24 PM
deadbeater
I tell you this: if Britain...
06-17-2008,
05:15 PM
TheMercenary
More or less they did, and it...
06-17-2008,
06:44 PM
flaja
The combat at Lexington and...
06-17-2008,
09:26 PM
flaja
Why?
06-17-2008,
08:45 PM
Aliantha
Well surely if an American...
06-17-2008,
08:21 PM
TheMercenary
Well the way I see it is that...
06-17-2008,
08:29 PM
flaja
Then perhaps our troops...
06-17-2008,
09:36 PM
TheMercenary
No, I do not buy that they...
06-17-2008,
09:41 PM
flaja
No one, but this is my entire...
06-17-2008,
10:02 PM
TheMercenary
Well are they illegals or...
06-17-2008,
10:05 PM
Aliantha
But if those rights are in...
06-17-2008,
08:32 PM
TheMercenary
"We hold these truths to be...
06-17-2008,
08:37 PM
flaja
By locking people up at Gitmo...
06-17-2008,
09:50 PM
TheMercenary
Why don't you give me a list...
06-17-2008,
09:53 PM
TheMercenary
Does everyone believe that we...
06-17-2008,
08:43 PM
flaja
What has this to do with the...
06-17-2008,
09:53 PM
TheMercenary
Because if you are using our...
06-17-2008,
10:03 PM
TheMercenary
I am still waiting for you to...
06-17-2008,
10:24 PM
flaja
Amendment 5 where it says “no...
06-18-2008,
09:13 AM
TheMercenary
Show me where the intent was...
06-18-2008,
11:05 AM
flaja
I will accept your opinion...
06-18-2008,
05:08 PM
tw
TheMercenary was expected to...
06-23-2008,
11:32 PM
Urbane Guerrilla
Well, flaja, you could start...
06-17-2008,
11:55 PM
flaja
I guess by your logic...
06-18-2008,
09:15 AM
DanaC
flaja: from the New York...
06-18-2008,
07:31 AM
TheMercenary
Not really different from...
06-18-2008,
08:24 AM
flaja
But it still exists, thus...
06-18-2008,
09:17 AM
DanaC
In that case, Britain is...
06-18-2008,
09:55 AM
flaja
Why not?
06-18-2008,
04:57 PM
spudcon
You'd also have to say...
06-18-2008,
09:58 AM
Sundae
It's true. The whole world...
06-18-2008,
05:37 PM
Aliantha
Yeah...even me. Just ask...
06-18-2008,
06:24 PM
BigV
srsly? How much closer to...
06-18-2008,
02:01 PM
flaja
How could the Constitution...
06-18-2008,
05:17 PM
TheMercenary
Ok, follow me here, because I...
06-18-2008,
08:43 PM
flaja
The Preamble to the...
06-19-2008,
11:53 AM
DanaC
I have no answer to that.
06-18-2008,
06:30 PM
classicman
I hate to say this, but where...
06-18-2008,
08:13 PM
TheMercenary
Imagine that....:rolleyes:
06-18-2008,
08:34 PM
Happy Monkey
You are correct that the...
06-18-2008,
10:13 PM
TheMercenary
Nice try. Only pertains to...
06-18-2008,
10:23 PM
dar512
Here's what it comes down to...
06-19-2008,
11:15 AM
TheMercenary
Different from what? WW2,...
06-19-2008,
11:32 AM
More replies below current depth...
More replies below current depth...
flaja
The people who are outside of...
06-19-2008,
12:00 PM
flaja
If the Constitution applies...
06-19-2008,
11:57 AM
Happy Monkey
Because it list things that...
06-19-2008,
12:41 PM
TheMercenary
And no where in the document...
06-19-2008,
01:00 PM
More replies below current depth...
BigV
Hey mercy.... What law does...
06-19-2008,
12:42 PM
TheMercenary
Good question. I don't have...
06-19-2008,
01:04 PM
flaja
By whose standards? If none...
06-19-2008,
06:41 PM
classicman
Flip a coin, perhaps?
06-19-2008,
06:49 PM
flaja
Justice should be reduced to...
06-19-2008,
08:42 PM
DanaC
Excellent question.
06-19-2008,
06:42 PM
classicman
Ever heard of the word...
06-19-2008,
08:43 PM
flaja
I looked it up, but what’s...
06-19-2008,
09:09 PM
classicman
There was no point - it was a...
06-19-2008,
09:44 PM
flaja
http://www.merriam-webster.com...
06-20-2008,
08:58 AM
glatt
You know damn well that...
06-20-2008,
09:03 AM
classicman
LOFL - my spellcheck changed...
06-20-2008,
12:45 PM
flaja
No I am not. The so-called...
06-20-2008,
02:40 PM
glatt
But in the Firefox web...
06-20-2008,
02:55 PM
lookout123
only immoral people would...
06-20-2008,
02:56 PM
DanaC
humourless much?
06-20-2008,
09:00 AM
classicman
What were we talking about...
06-20-2008,
04:18 PM
Ibby
Nobody has answered this yet....
06-23-2008,
10:12 PM
classicman
I'm just asking here, but...
06-24-2008,
08:19 AM
Clodfobble
Fear.
06-24-2008,
09:01 AM
classicman
Oh BS - so we round up a...
06-24-2008,
10:31 AM
xoxoxoBruce
Not suffer fear, instill fear.
06-24-2008,
10:37 AM
Troubleshooter
We weren't the only ones...
06-29-2008,
11:10 AM
deadbeater
Ok let me ask a hypothetical....
06-24-2008,
08:45 PM
xoxoxoBruce
Sounds good to me. :D
06-24-2008,
10:53 PM
lookout123
Wouldn't work. McCain is...
06-25-2008,
05:14 PM
classicman
wait! I thought the American...
06-25-2008,
07:57 PM
xoxoxoBruce
POWs aren't. :headshake
06-25-2008,
11:08 PM
TheMercenary
Stop!;)
06-29-2008,
08:16 AM
DanaC
Would have been a damn sight...
07-04-2008,
06:25 PM
classicman
Just send them all back to...
07-05-2008,
01:31 AM
TheMercenary
second.
07-05-2008,
12:45 PM
Troubleshooter
Truth and the Gitmo Detainees...
07-07-2008,
07:14 PM
TheMercenary
Send them home.
07-08-2008,
09:14 AM
xoxoxoBruce
Because Bush&Co decided that...
07-08-2008,
09:24 AM
Undertoad
I asked for a cite that...
10-23-2008,
08:45 AM
dar512
wiki...
10-23-2008,
12:16 PM
tw
We are well beyond needing...
10-23-2008,
03:07 PM
TheMercenary
So you can't site it. Ok.
10-23-2008,
03:09 PM
dar512
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/pap...
10-23-2008,
04:11 PM
More replies below current depth...
richlevy
I wanted to be clear if I...
10-23-2008,
07:27 PM
Undertoad
OK. There are a few pretty...
10-23-2008,
01:32 PM
Undertoad
Yeah also the FBI Freedom of...
10-23-2008,
01:40 PM
TheMercenary
eh. not completely heart...
10-23-2008,
02:47 PM
TheMercenary
Well the first link says...
10-23-2008,
04:17 PM
TheMercenary
I respect your opinion but we...
10-23-2008,
06:36 PM
DanaC
Merc, you'e starting to sound...
10-23-2008,
06:41 PM
TheMercenary
Well, I am just not willing...
10-23-2008,
07:16 PM
TheMercenary
I have been through SERE...
10-23-2008,
07:33 PM
richlevy
I think it's to learn how to...
10-23-2008,
07:36 PM
TheMercenary
Actually it is not about...
10-23-2008,
07:39 PM
richlevy
So I guess if they can...
10-23-2008,
07:46 PM
BigV
I won't challenge your...
11-02-2008,
03:49 PM
richlevy
Actually, I do not believe...
11-02-2008,
04:21 PM
TheMercenary
I agree. Many people I have...
11-03-2008,
09:50 AM
TheMercenary
Good question. I don't know....
11-03-2008,
09:49 AM
TheMercenary
I would say yes, you are...
10-23-2008,
07:52 PM
BigV
The policy in question here...
11-02-2008,
04:25 PM
TheMercenary
In related news ...
11-03-2008,
07:55 PM
ZenGum
Am I the only one who...
11-03-2008,
11:03 PM
Aliantha
No
11-03-2008,
11:04 PM
DanaC
I find myself agreeing with...
11-05-2008,
11:50 AM
TheMercenary
Keep hope alive. Yes we can.;)
11-05-2008,
06:10 PM
DanaC
Yes we can!!
11-05-2008,
06:13 PM
TheMercenary
How long do you think it will...
11-16-2008,
05:04 PM
tw
Since almost everyone in...
11-16-2008,
09:32 PM
TheMercenary
Since you have no evidence to...
11-16-2008,
09:55 PM
tw
Where hundreds of Gitmo...
11-16-2008,
10:23 PM
classicman
I heard on the news that the...
11-16-2008,
11:19 PM
TheMercenary
I would tell those countries,...
11-17-2008,
05:29 AM
tw
Imagine the movie. People...
11-17-2008,
04:50 PM
classicman
If only it were that easy.
11-17-2008,
07:51 AM
classicman
How many are left there -...
11-19-2008,
03:22 PM
tw
Ballpark numbers. We held...
11-19-2008,
06:45 PM
classicman
In that case just make them...
11-19-2008,
08:17 PM
ZenGum
Err, Classic, do you want to...
11-20-2008,
05:03 AM
classicman
Yeh, I should have - too late...
11-20-2008,
07:42 AM
ZenGum
Ahh, good, moderately...
11-20-2008,
08:04 AM
classicman
Yeh, I'm not into the murder...
11-20-2008,
08:18 AM
dar512
Judge orders release of 5...
11-20-2008,
04:55 PM
classicman
Put all six of them on the...
11-20-2008,
08:24 PM
ZenGum
The control order on David...
11-21-2008,
04:37 AM
tw
A man that dangerous ... even...
11-21-2008,
04:24 PM
TheMercenary
You have no evidence that...
11-22-2008,
06:54 AM
tw
Statements attiributed to...
11-23-2008,
12:07 AM
xoxoxoBruce
But the people that know...
11-23-2008,
02:45 AM
TheMercenary
Sucks to be them, eh?
11-21-2008,
11:08 PM
ZenGum
I think he was never terribly...
11-22-2008,
04:15 AM
ZenGum
Conscious decision to go and...
11-22-2008,
07:42 AM
TheMercenary
Lashkar-e-Toiba On 11...
11-22-2008,
10:12 AM
DanaC
But...but...surely he'd never...
11-22-2008,
07:58 AM
Undertoad
Oh yeah, they were all...
11-22-2008,
08:48 AM
DanaC
Actually, that's a good point...
11-23-2008,
06:52 AM
TheMercenary
Solitary will do strange...
11-23-2008,
07:39 AM
xoxoxoBruce
Host countries or home...
11-23-2008,
07:42 AM
TheMercenary
Thank you, home countries.
11-23-2008,
07:43 AM
xoxoxoBruce
OK, where they came from and...
11-23-2008,
07:46 AM
TheMercenary
Correct, I would send them...
11-23-2008,
07:55 AM
Aliantha
I think they should all be...
11-23-2008,
03:27 PM
xoxoxoBruce
Right... kill 'em.
11-23-2008,
03:58 PM
Aliantha
Yeah well, I'm sure there are...
11-23-2008,
04:00 PM
ZenGum
The problem with sending them...
11-23-2008,
05:57 PM
TheMercenary
To bad... so sad. Tough shit....
11-23-2008,
08:15 PM
classicman
We'll never know. If they do...
11-23-2008,
09:20 PM
TheMercenary
Seriously. You bleeding...
11-23-2008,
09:29 PM
dar512
Seems like you've been doing...
11-25-2008,
06:32 PM
TheMercenary
Now that is funny as hell......
11-25-2008,
09:14 PM
dar512
I see. fairness = bleeding. ...
11-25-2008,
10:46 PM
TheMercenary
Fairness? Where? I see a...
11-26-2008,
08:10 AM
DanaC
Well said.
11-26-2008,
04:42 AM
classicman
Would you prefer the...
11-23-2008,
09:50 PM
TheMercenary
Close it. Immediately and...
11-23-2008,
10:02 PM
classicman
Free to do as they please . ....
12-31-2009,
02:32 PM
Aliantha
Oh here you are anyway. ...
11-24-2008,
12:21 AM
TheMercenary
Well people wanted it...
12-31-2009,
02:35 PM
classicman
Re: Judge orders release of 5...
12-31-2009,
02:50 PM
TheMercenary
Only the beginning... ...
12-31-2009,
03:17 PM
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flaja
I looked it up, but what’s your point?
There was no point - it was a joke.
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