wow. You carry weapons don't you? People do that quite a bit in war zones? I am sorry, but I can't get past the notion that here is a Canadian citizen who has been held incommunicado for five years. And he's what, 18? Now? If he did throw the rock, perhaps he should have been treated as a child soldier. A quick google shows that the solder died (my mistake) but also that the kid was injured, says he was tortured, and has been denied medical care or psychiatric evaluation.
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/329/7474/1066-a?etoc I submit that this kid is a "terrorist" because they want to pressure his family. He's not high-value. His family is. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/08/AR2005060802358_pf.html On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He was caught throwing the rock, after which he admitted to carrying > weapons and killing Americans. > > Not the same thing Dana, tell the rest of the story. > > Dana wrote: > > There is a Canadian teenager who has been in Guantanamo for six years > > for throwing a rock at a soldier in Afghanistan. I don't condone > > throwing rocks at soldiers, but that seems little disproportionate, > > esp since the soldier was not injured. I worry about a system that > > labels children who think they are defending their village as > > terrorists. Turns out his *father* is a key bad guy. Ah. We have > > actually kidnapped a child to pressure a parent. That's better, > > right?? > > > > Also, there are a multitude of stories about waiters being detained > > because they served lunch to an al-Qaeda fighter, taxi drivers being > > tortured to death at Bagram, and lawyers being detained for months in > > error. If even one of these stories is true, that is a problem. > > > > You're trusting the government again. > > > > On 2/29/08, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Again the only people that I see whose civil liberties are being > >> violated are the ones who are doing something wrong, and at that point > >> you forfeit these liberties. I believe that the intent of this whole > >> thing is to speed up the investigative process and not mire it up > >> waiting for some judge or grand jury issue a subpoena. And let's not > >> forget that there are leaks all throughout the government, so again if > >> you run it through legal channels, you risk the perpetrators being > >> notified. > >> > >> Dana wrote: > >>> I don't know the book, but answers like this scare the hell out of > >>> *me*... why is it that people who are in favor of de-funding the > >>> government also favor turning our civil liberties over to its tender > >>> mercies > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255297 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
