tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post6674762165655236846..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: The Right to a Speedy TrialAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-37272699145048260082007-04-04T05:32:00.000-06:002007-04-04T05:32:00.000-06:00curiousA person does not need to be on US soil to ...<B>curious</B><BR/><BR/>A person does not need to be on US soil to be charged with a crime. All that has to happen is that the crime or would-be crime be committed on U.S. Soil.<BR/><BR/>Manuel Noriega was arrested and convicted on drug charges steming from his participation in bringing drugs into America, even though he never came to America.<BR/><BR/>Indeed, this is what we are after these people for, isn't it? Conspiracy to commit a crime on U.S. soil?<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, the American government has made it illegal for U.S. citizens to have sex with a minor in another country. It does not matter what their age of consent laws are.<BR/><BR/>However, my main concern is with your final statement, "You cannot pretend that these deainees are like a guy from Houseon who robbed a liquor store."<BR/><BR/>In fact, there is a very real possibility that some of these detainees are like a guy from Houston who <I>did not</I> rob a liquor store - picked up on the basis of bad information and bad assumptions who merely want a chance to prove that the U.S. government <I>made a mistake</I> in their case.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-69230098672048344862007-04-03T14:07:00.000-06:002007-04-03T14:07:00.000-06:00Here's a simple question: what would these detaine...Here's a simple question: what would these detainees be charged with?<BR/><BR/>If they've never been on US soil, they couldn't have committed a crime against US law. If an individual fired on a US soldier during a time of conflict, is that attempted murder? Do we use the laws of the nation in which the incident took place?<BR/><BR/>If these people are POWs from the Taliban or Saddam's Republican Guard, who do we return them to?<BR/><BR/>Is it ethical to return these people to governments that might have extremely harsh punishments?<BR/><BR/>Is should be obvious that you cannot pretend that these detainees are like a guy from Houston who robbed a liquor store.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-21317964289631755942007-04-03T13:29:00.000-06:002007-04-03T13:29:00.000-06:00Just an aside on the 13th Amendment and the Consti...Just an aside on the 13th Amendment and the Constitution.<BR/>The Constitution defines and limits the power of the Federal government. The Fifth Amendment has been used to apply the Constitutional limits to state governments as well.<BR/>The Thirteenth Amendment is the only part of the Constitution that limits the behavior of individuals in addition to governments ("slavery shall not exist" as opposed to 'government shall not institute slavery')Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-19259686127559638342007-04-03T07:19:00.000-06:002007-04-03T07:19:00.000-06:00We must imagine the Iranian Supreme Court renderin...<I>We must imagine the Iranian Supreme Court rendering a decision that Iranian law views this 5.5 year confinement, and the promise of additional years of confinement, before there is even a trial.</I><BR/><BR/>It sure looks like this sentence was going somewhere; care to elaborate?<BR/><BR/>But seriously though, this blog is very.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-6376377995732612292007-04-02T23:16:00.000-06:002007-04-02T23:16:00.000-06:00I've been an avid reader for some time, so I thoug...I've been an avid reader for some time, so I thought you'd like to know that you've just been tagged with a Thinking Blogger Award from <A HREF="http://philaletheia.thetruthtree.com/2007/04/03/the-thinking-blogger-award/" REL="nofollow">Philaletheia</A>! Even if you don't pass on the meme, at least this award is a brief thank-you for running a blog that has always made my day.tnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150533469330483877noreply@blogger.com