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Saudi Webmaster Acquitted of Terrorism Charges
terrymr writes "Saudi Student Sami Omar Al-Hussayen was found not guilty on charges that he 'rendered techical assistance to terrorists' by acting as the webmaster for an Islamic charity. Said one juror: 'The part that surprised me was when I read the First Amendment instructions. I was surprised to learn that people could say whatever they want... providing it would not cause imminent action.'" You might remember our previous coverage of this story. In addition, the AP (via CNN) has more information as well.
"he is stomping on the freedoms he's fighting for"
Sorry but no. It's more like "Fuck with the bull and get the horns". Soldiers aren't lawyers, they don't give two shits about the guys screaming about rights. They do as they are told. They work hard and play harder, that's the reality. Go to a soldier bar and start talking that shit and they WILL kill you. It's what they are trained to do. Right or wrong, that's the way it is. Soldiers aren't supposed to stop and think "Oh wait, I'm supposed to be protecting what he says". That's what politicians do, then when the time comes politicians release the hounds. This is exactly why the military doesn't run the government.
Don't give soldiers a hard time about this. It's that mentality that makes them good at what they do. Now if you want to talk about officers, things change a little bit as they must also be, to a limited degree, politicians.
Hamas
Reagan is dead and there is a little less evil in the world. Anybody who funded death camps in south america should not be venerated. reagan should have been killed long time ago.
evil is as evil does
But why, oh why, are lunatics at the helm of both of the US's major political parties? :-/
I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead.
Luckily, the White Christian ex-Marine
Good try, but McVeigh was an agnostic. By definition, Christians don't go blowing up innocent people.
Do you have ESP?
One white guy blowing up a building in my lifetime...versus 1 Muslim guy blowing up a car per day. Keep things in perspective.
--trb
See? This is the most perfect example. Thank you, I could never have presented an example like this myself.
Me, I hate all people equally. White, black, yellow, paint your skin blue... you're still a stupid fuck. Why? Because when I present a logical argument, some part of your monkey brain fires up, and you spew this shit.
I would debunk your shit point for point, I want to. See, the part of my brain that fires up makes me want to point out the inconsistencies... but why bother? Through hard work, I've been able to suppress that behavior.
For the record, though. Take a typical black man, a typical white man. Physically, there exists little difference between the two, as little difference as there would be between 2 typical white men, or 2 typical black men. Given approximately equal weights, the difference in their atomic, molecular, protein and genetic makeup isn't significant. I don't really have any spritual or religious beliefs either, so there isn't much argument that there could be any difference in their "souls".
Racism does happen. Despite some conservatives' delusions that it doesn't happen, I suspect that it is even quite rampant in places. On an informal basis (institutionally, it's biased in the opposite direction), it's now only possible in socially small situations, though perhaps this is the worst case, since that tends to focus it more tightly, make the offenses more cruel. Think Amadu Diallo, or the one guy whose name escapes me at the moment (was sodomized with a broomstick during interrogation). But also, it's necessary to consider that racist elements are only a partial explanation, it mixes so readily with an attitude of adversarialism that the police tend to exhibit. There are other factors at work too, that I've never quite been able to decipher.
All in all, worry about the small cases that don't make the news, that get plead down, because the black kid from the projects is scared of being railroaded. OJ, though, is a fucking murderer, and Mark Furhman too stupid/not sophisticated enough to frame someone during a high-profile case, in such a way that it's not blatantly obvious.
He was almost as universally loathed as Bush is today.
Yes, and considering the close margins on both Reagen elections he was lucky just to hang on to his office...
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