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Originally Posted by Schroeder
After reading my last post again I have to confess that it sounds as if I accused you of thinking that all Muslims are terrorists. Sorry for that, I didn't intend to do that. 
I wanted to point out that I fear that some people were arrested arbitrarily.
I chose the America=North Korea comparison because NK is one of the worst examples for abandoning basic human rights. I know that the US is still far away from that but there is a tendency in that direction and that should be stopped.
But how about you answer some of the questions I asked in my last post.
1. How was determined that those people are terrorists?
2. Who is allowed to accuse people of terrorism and arrest them?
3. How is ensured that those people can't abuse their power if no one is ever asking questions (the police has to collect evidence to convince a judge of the guilt of someone)
4. Can fundamental laws be cast aside if they become inconvenient?
You are right that it is difficult to stick to common laws if the enemy doesn't. But what separates us from them if we lower ourselves to their level? We just create more people that hate us.
By the way I'm not anti American, I'm just anti "some sh*t happening in the US right now". That doesn't make me hate the entire US.   |
Fair enough. I suppose it's all a balancing act in which you try to protect your country without violating people's civil rights. As much as I dislike some of the people on the opposite end of the political spectrum, without their dissenting opinions I think America WOULD end up becoming the police state that they fear.
I wish there was some effective way to hold these people accountable for fighting outside of uniform without resorting to collective reprisals, or capturing people just based on the word of the tribesmen in the Northern Alliance.