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Bob Jones
Provo, UT
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Bob commented on the article |
"These people committed violations of international law and not US law" Not true! Most of the 250 Gitmo prisoners have not even been CHARGED with a crime, let alone seen a trial, let alone been found guilty.
See Binyam Mohamed's story, for example: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=86612§ionid=3510203&c= -
Bob commented on the article |
Barbara McNamara is 100% correct in her assessment! So preak on, even if most people are to ignorant and stupid to understand the follies of their own arguments.
It troubles me very very deeply to read all these oposing views of simple "unalienable" human rights and dignity for all, mocking our constitution and world progress on human decency. Perhaps we have forgotten that we are a country that rules by LAW. Perhaps we have forgotten that we are a country where any person is INNOCENT until proven guilty. And it must needs be that way, or tyrrany quicky ensues.
Jim says "prisoners of war do not get trials, they are held until the conflict is resolved." But in a "global war on terror" when is the conflict resolved?? And when is justice served? Never. Torturing these innocent people (who are not proven guilty) is no form of civilized justice! It's -in fact- very illegal. Actually, America has become the very British colony that our forefathers deemed "monsters" and vowed to never become again.
God bless America? Yes, that She return to living her pure and virtuous values and principles. I believe we can do it, but evidently it's gonna take a huge effort by everyone. -
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Bob commented on the article |Perhaps I'm a simple guy, but the issue that I struggle with is also a moral dillemma: what should be done with the fraction of poor people who DON'T WANT to contribute to society, as well as those who NEVER HAVE and NEVER WILL. Is it "right" to let those people leech off society?
It is very sad that the poor who REALLY DO WANT to work and contribute to society are often lumped in with those that do not.
Has anyone considered a WORK-FARE instead of WELL-FARE system? The incentives to find and keep work need to be revamped drastically.
