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GT40FIED · 10-12-2006, 08:59 PM

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Seriously though...you wanna talk reading comprehension flaws? You've completely ignored the fact that article 948a specifically states "unlawful enemy combatant"...NOT "alien unlawful enemy combatant". Provisions for that exist in article 948c. THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. The term "unlawful enemy combatant" does not specify nationality, so how is it so hard to imagine that it's applicable to US citizens. You can keep pointing to 948c...but it's irrelevent when you look at 948a.

You've also COMPLETELY missed the point I was trying to make with my comment about approving of torture. You see...I know that the criteria I laid out will never be met by any government, so it's rhetorical at best. My intent was to point out the flaw in the entire idea of what we plan on doing. It's not so much that I'd be comfortable with the idea, but I'd be willing to weigh the options if the government had guidelines laid out and could be held accountable when they fuck up (and they will fuck up). How do I know how it's being carried out? Because the government has issued reports and people in the know have spilled the proverbial beans. At the time it was illegal, so instead of putting a stop to it like we should've done, we just went ahead and made it legal. I mean...what happens the next time an American is captured and tortured? Do we get to act all outraged? How can we condemn anyone for doing shit that we do ourselves? It's all a complete dunderfuck.

10-12-2006, 08:59 PM	#38
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 43 Posts: 7,451	0H N0z! mY R3@d1nG C0mpr3h3n$10n 1$ t3h suX0rz! R0b hAs sed s0! Seriously though...you wanna talk reading comprehension flaws? You've completely ignored the fact that article 948a specifically states "unlawful enemy combatant"...NOT "alien unlawful enemy combatant". Provisions for that exist in article 948c. THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. The term "unlawful enemy combatant" does not specify nationality, so how is it so hard to imagine that it's applicable to US citizens. You can keep pointing to 948c...but it's irrelevent when you look at 948a. You've also COMPLETELY missed the point I was trying to make with my comment about approving of torture. You see...I know that the criteria I laid out will never be met by any government, so it's rhetorical at best. My intent was to point out the flaw in the entire idea of what we plan on doing. It's not so much that I'd be comfortable with the idea, but I'd be willing to weigh the options if the government had guidelines laid out and could be held accountable when they fuck up (and they will fuck up). How do I know how it's being carried out? Because the government has issued reports and people in the know have spilled the proverbial beans. At the time it was illegal, so instead of putting a stop to it like we should've done, we just went ahead and made it legal. I mean...what happens the next time an American is captured and tortured? Do we get to act all outraged? How can we condemn anyone for doing shit that we do ourselves? It's all a complete dunderfuck. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika