--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > shempmcgurk wrote: > > > > But, Bhairitu, the issue you brought up was throwing people who > > commit contempt of Congress in jail, which you are eager to do, and > > you cite quite specifically the procedure under law in which the > > Capital Hill Police can do that to Rove. > > > > The Hollywood Ten -- whether you may thing them to be right or wrong > > or whether you sympathize with their politics -- were held in > > contempt of Congress and, as a result, jailed. In fact, they > > appealed the conviction and brought the case to the Supreme Court and > > they lost. > > > > So it is not an issue of whether you like or dislike Joe McCarthy or > > like or dislike Karl Rove but of the breaking of laws and the jailing > > of those that break those laws. > > > > Again, I ask you a second time: to be consistent with your original > > argument, do you or do you not support the jailing of the Hollywood > > Ten? > No. There's quite a difference between the Hollywood Ten who hurt no > one
Well, neither did Julius and Ethel Rosenberg "hurt no one", Bhairitu, when they passed secrets of the atomic bomb to the Soviets but they were executed for their crimes all the same. The Hollywood Ten didn't commit any crimes that we know of vis a vis their involvement in the Community Party but they did break the law by not cooperating with Congresss. And I suppose, like the Rosenbergs, they "hurt no one" by being members of the Communist Party. Of course, as a result of the opening up of the Sovit Archives since the fall of Communism, we now know that this the US Communist Party was committed to the illegal overthrow of the United States Government and was controlled not by party members but by a foreign entity (i.e., Joseph Stalin). And I suppose this activity "hurt no one" according to you, Bhairitu, but break the law they did by refusing to cooperate with Congress and into prison they deserved to go. > and the criminal activities of Rove. Obviously to anyone with a > brain back in the 1950's the Hollywood Ten was protesting McCarthy's > ridiculous hearing by not showing up. They didn't break any laws like > Rove did. In Rove's case I'll stand behind Congress on it. They have > the goods on his crimes which must be brought to trial. All Rove is > doing is running like the fat little coward he is. Plus Congress just > got more teeth: > http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Federal_judge_rules_Bush_aides_can_0731. html > > Apparently you are a big fan of corruption in government, Shempozilla. >
