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Originally posted by Nostron:
I asked my professor about this and she was like "Well... i want the terrorist to be caught alive and have his say in COURT"
In my head I was like WTF is wrong with u, court. screw court just torture him and then kill him.
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My view would be
1. Identify the perp.
2. Find the perp. (This very difficult.)
3. Put him up in front of a court, like they're doing with Milosovic.
4. If found guilty, there are a number of options.
I can understand that many will find this completely unacceptable. But we HAVE to have some kind of legislative way of dealing with terrorists, human rights abusers, dictators and so on. We've made a start with Milosovic et al. For a start, the evidence has to be clearly seen by all, that the person or persons identified as the perpetrator is in fact the perpetrator. This is IMPORTANT!
If you are just going to kill everyone who the government identifies as being guilty of the crime of murder, be it mass murder, serial killing or the murder of an individual, WITHOUT trial and off the cuff, then we might as well forget that concept called civilisation right now. Proof has to be public!
Look people, if it's revenge you want - to be honest, (assuming bin Laden is the guilty party) the worst thing you can do to a man like that, who is used to absolute command, who never sleeps in the same place running two nights in a row, who is used to everyone adoring him, admiring him and hanging on his every word, is to put him in jail for the rest of his life. In fact, I would say the death penalty might seem rather tame compared to that, if you'll excuse my saying so.
Not sure about the torturing thing. So you want to adopt Saddam's methods, and the methods of others like him. No, please not! Let us not act like them! Then we become what we most hate, and all distinctions are lost. From there, it's downhill all the way, it seems to me.
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