Question for the Gitmo Apologists - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

Jeff Lebowski · 06-30-2006, 08:38 PM

Well, considering the thrashing the hoyacoug is taking on the other thread, I post this with some trepidation. But here goes:

I read over and over again the refrain "terrorists have no rights". While this feels good on one level ("down with those terrorist bastards!"), it is quite troubling on another level. I seems that what we are really saying is: "suspected terrorists have no rights" or "someone who happened to be accused of being a terrorist has no rights". If you don't give someone due process and a chance to defend themselves in court, how can you be absolutely sure that they are indeed terrorists, and weren't just ratted out by someone who didn't like them? Or they weren't simply in the wrong place at the wrong time?

Don't any of you get a little nervous about a society where simply being suspected of being a terrorist voids your rights?

Your humble servant of Satan, (just wanted to beat Rocky and Archea to the punch

)

Homeboy

06-30-2006, 08:38 PM	#1
Jeff Lebowski Charon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo) Posts: 9,564	Question for the Gitmo Apologists Well, considering the thrashing the hoyacoug is taking on the other thread, I post this with some trepidation. But here goes: I read over and over again the refrain "terrorists have no rights". While this feels good on one level ("down with those terrorist bastards!"), it is quite troubling on another level. I seems that what we are really saying is: "suspected terrorists have no rights" or "someone who happened to be accused of being a terrorist has no rights". If you don't give someone due process and a chance to defend themselves in court, how can you be absolutely sure that they are indeed terrorists, and weren't just ratted out by someone who didn't like them? Or they weren't simply in the wrong place at the wrong time? Don't any of you get a little nervous about a society where simply being suspected of being a terrorist voids your rights? Your humble servant of Satan, (just wanted to beat Rocky and Archea to the punch ) Homeboy __________________ "... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr. Last edited by Jeff Lebowski; 06-30-2006 at 08:40 PM.