Unarmed, lack of threat or uniform? I'd have gone to prison for killing someone like that as a soldier.
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > OK a bit more of a clarification then, people getting bombed, 3 miles > behind the front line. They are not carrying side arms or rifles. One > of them happens to be an American citizen serving with them. What is > the difference? > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:43 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > His dad made that clear, not the kid. I would have the same problem if > > this were done through direct fire. The kid was targeted based on > > "patterns" in a "profile" attack. Not evidence. > > > > There is no evidence that he himself had been active as a bad guy. The > kid > > didn't say he was at war with the States, and his Dad had already been > dead > > for 2 weeks. He was not armed on the battlefield, which to me is > something > > just and totally different. > > > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> > >> At the same time in all honesty what is the difference between taking > >> the kid out with a missile and having a sniper do the same in a > >> conflict zone? They had already made it clear they were at war with > >> the United States, the US was just returning the favour. > >> > >> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 12:45 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > I'm pretty generally against the idea that the government can just > whack > >> > you without due process, can search you without a warrant, detain you > >> > without a trial, and take your shit without a conviction. > >> > > >> > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> I saw a list of general accusations, with very few specifics. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:16 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:54 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson < > jmi...@gmail.com> > >> >> > wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > bat-shit crazy rantings > >> >> > > > >> >> > > >> >> > And there we have it. > >> >> > > >> >> > Bat shit crazy rantings. You see a list of those abuses and you > don't > >> >> > rightly say, wow, things are messed up, we need to fix them. We > need > >> to > >> >> > have a line in the sand and say this far and no more. Instead we > say > >> >> look > >> >> > at the nut job, he doesn't fit our program, or pogrom as the case > may > >> be. > >> >> > Let's marginalize him, and ignore him and lock him away and pretend > >> that > >> >> > his complaints have no validity. That the very foundations of our > >> >> liberty > >> >> > and our form of government are being altered and denied plays no > part, > >> >> > let's all stick our heads in the sand. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Scott Stroz > >> >> --------------- > >> >> You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can > >> wonder > >> >> what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris > >> >> > >> >> http://xkcd.com/386/ > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:357463 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
