Comments on: First detainee arrives in U.S. http://online.worldmag.com/2009/06/10/first-detainee-arrives-in-us/ A forum for discussion of news that arises at the intersection of Christianity and culture. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:28:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: DJ http://online.worldmag.com/2009/06/10/first-detainee-arrives-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-433667 DJ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:33:53 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=19851#comment-433667 Refreshing comment, Anlir. Refreshing comment, Anlir.

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]]> By: Random Name http://online.worldmag.com/2009/06/10/first-detainee-arrives-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-433664 Random Name Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:29:40 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=19851#comment-433664 It's great to be a great nation. However, to talk the talk it helps to walk the walk. Which is hard. It’s great to be a great nation. However, to talk the talk it helps to walk the walk. Which is hard.

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]]> By: Bob Buckles http://online.worldmag.com/2009/06/10/first-detainee-arrives-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-433539 Bob Buckles Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:19:25 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=19851#comment-433539 #10 Anlir <i>"I say we keep a stiff upper lip and remain resolute to uphold the rule of law."</i> I am suggesting that we <b>do</b> follow the law. Not imposing our law on someone from a different country in a different country. How does international law treat these people? That is what I am suggesting should be done. Foreign people in foreign lands should not be held to US laws. Nor should they be afforded the protections of our laws. They didn't do their dirt in the US. #10 Anlir

“I say we keep a stiff upper lip and remain resolute to uphold the rule of law.”

I am suggesting that we do follow the law. Not imposing our law on someone from a different country in a different country.

How does international law treat these people? That is what I am suggesting should be done. Foreign people in foreign lands should not be held to US laws. Nor should they be afforded the protections of our laws. They didn’t do their dirt in the US.

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]]> By: Thorn http://online.worldmag.com/2009/06/10/first-detainee-arrives-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-433510 Thorn Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:46:50 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=19851#comment-433510 "Never-the-less it is one of the things that has been a beacon around the world and made America such a great nation all these years." Wow did a liberal actually just call America a "great nation"... You feeling okay Anlir? “Never-the-less it is one of the things that has been a beacon around the world and made America such a great nation all these years.”

Wow did a liberal actually just call America a “great nation”…

You feeling okay Anlir?

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]]> By: Anlir http://online.worldmag.com/2009/06/10/first-detainee-arrives-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-433499 Anlir Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:32:22 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=19851#comment-433499 Re: #9 As Bob Herbert pointed out on the Rachel Maddow Show last night, America was founded on a unique idea: the rule of law. It's a principle that we have upheld, albeit imperfectly from time to time. Never-the-less it is one of the things that has been a beacon around the world and made America such a great nation all these years. If we give that up in the face of terrorism, have the terrorists not won? I say we keep a stiff upper lip and remain resolute to uphold the rule of law. Re: #9

As Bob Herbert pointed out on the Rachel Maddow Show last night, America was founded on a unique idea: the rule of law. It’s a principle that we have upheld, albeit imperfectly from time to time. Never-the-less it is one of the things that has been a beacon around the world and made America such a great nation all these years.

If we give that up in the face of terrorism, have the terrorists not won?

I say we keep a stiff upper lip and remain resolute to uphold the rule of law.

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]]> By: Bob Buckles http://online.worldmag.com/2009/06/10/first-detainee-arrives-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-433480 Bob Buckles Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:31:37 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=19851#comment-433480 Why should a foreigner be held responsible for following our laws in a foreign country? International law might be a better fit for these people. they, for the most part, do not fit under the Geneva Conventions, they weren't fighting for signatories to the treaty. They weren't wearing uniforms. Most likely the closest to how to treat them is like pirates. Catch them in the act. Question them as you will. Execute them, immediately. Why should a foreigner be held responsible for following our laws in a foreign country?

International law might be a better fit for these people. they, for the most part, do not fit under the Geneva Conventions, they weren’t fighting for signatories to the treaty. They weren’t wearing uniforms.

Most likely the closest to how to treat them is like pirates. Catch them in the act. Question them as you will. Execute them, immediately.

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]]> By: Anlir http://online.worldmag.com/2009/06/10/first-detainee-arrives-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-433442 Anlir Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:18:41 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=19851#comment-433442 Wait a minute - his four cohorts were tried, convicted, and sentenced through our judicial system. So what's the problem with this guy undergoing the same procedure? Wait a minute – his four cohorts were tried, convicted, and sentenced through our judicial system. So what’s the problem with this guy undergoing the same procedure?

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]]> By: arcadia http://online.worldmag.com/2009/06/10/first-detainee-arrives-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-433415 arcadia Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:40:03 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=19851#comment-433415 Frank: I rarely agree with you, but I have been asking myself that question for a long time. This is purely symbolic politcal argument. Frank: I rarely agree with you, but I have been asking myself that question for a long time. This is purely symbolic politcal argument.

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]]> By: Frank in Spokane http://online.worldmag.com/2009/06/10/first-detainee-arrives-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-433406 Frank in Spokane Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:25:34 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=19851#comment-433406 What is so mystical and powerful about these men that to even have them IN PRISON on American soil endangers you and me? What is so mystical and powerful about these men that to even have them IN PRISON on American soil endangers you and me?

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]]> By: Random Name http://online.worldmag.com/2009/06/10/first-detainee-arrives-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-433383 Random Name Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:44:54 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=19851#comment-433383 Not in my backyard. Yours is OK, though. Not in my backyard.

Yours is OK, though.

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