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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:56 AM Original message |
Please explain to me why I should not be upset at the decision not to prosecute war criminals |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. Can't. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. Read Feingold's statement |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Can't be any clearer than that! Anybody who doesn't |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Well if Bush's DOJ said it was ok to rape and murder CHILDREN then its ok. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. Consider this |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. The issue at hand is that the people in the field are not prosecutable. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. Guys who all work for the same Big Club don't make serious trouble for fellow members |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. so why did he release those very daming documents? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. There must be a pretense of, an illusion of, a self-correcting system |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. We have already had the self-correcting show trial. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. oh for pity's sake. dogmatic belief is not a persuasive argument. nt |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. word |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
38. No that's not the order of the day and you're avoiding the issue. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. Look up 'how to boil a frog' |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
5. If I was polled today on Obama's job approval |
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polysciguy420 (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. you gotta' understand a few things... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. but "I was only following orders" was thrown out at Nuremberg (nt) |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Apparently not. |
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polysciguy420 (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. indeed it shouldn't have been thrown out |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Illegal orders don't need to be followed |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. kick |
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judy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. From what I understand though, |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Bullshit. Illegal is illegal. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. E-3 and bellow, you got a point |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. You gotta understand a few things ...... |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. They weren't "just following orders"! They went to DoJ for clarification. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. no one should ever be told how they are supposed to feel- it's |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
12. Common human decency dictates that you should be outraged and disgusted. |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
34. those appointed to prosecute the defendants in US v. Alstoetter must be scatching their heads |
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judy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
13. Can't explain... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. 'Just following orders' is not a defense, but it is a valid extenuation. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
16. apparently if someone tells you rape is "legal" and orders you to do it, it's okay |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. kick |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. You shouldn't be upset |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
21. I have a feeling that nothing I (or anybody) can say will un-upset you. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Are you upset? |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. I apologize for being snarky and there is no excuse for it. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
25. You SHOULD be upset, period. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
27. I am upset as well |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Yes, write a letter. I'm certain President Obama has absolutely no idea what's being |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. WE ARE THE CHANGE WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I have been writing and rewriting for days, about this as well as habeas corpus |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. Potential reasons why somebody shouldn't be upset: |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Thanks for that unreasoned, stick-in-the-eye answer |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. You asked, I answered. Don't get mad at me. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'll try |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
47. As far as I'm concerned, people around here are not upset enough. |
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