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Fair enough. Let me see if I can give you a reasonable answer.Just like with any other major crime laws are put forward for two reasons... deterrence & punishment. The fact is some criminals are deterred. How ever small a number that might be it is some. You know yourself there have been hundreds if not thousands of cases over the years where terrorists have exchanged captives or let captives go. I remember the famous line Tom Laughlin used playing Billy Jack in the movie Billy Jack... a movie about a small corrupt and bigoted police force out west that treated Native Americans terribly any time they came into contact with them.He said... When policemen break the law then there isn't any law... just the fight for survival.And that's true. The fact that bad people do terrible things is exactly the reason why we shouldn't. It brings us down to their level and gives us absolutely no credibility on any scale. I want the moral high ground whenever we go to the Haag trying to get a terrorist locked up for life or executed. The last thing we need is the judges thinking... yeah and America is famous for torturing prisoners. Everyone should check out these 2 YouTubes. The first is just great Billy Jack movie fight footage... Great movie! The Second is Tom Laughlin today on John McCain... take a look! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQWCAVzM384http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeYyi0labB8
Fair enough. Let me see if I can give you a reasonable answer.
Just like with any other major crime laws are put forward for two reasons... deterrence & punishment. The fact is some criminals are deterred. How ever small a number that might be it is some. You know yourself there have been hundreds if not thousands of cases over the years where terrorists have exchanged captives or let captives go.
I remember the famous line Tom Laughlin used playing Billy Jack in the movie Billy Jack... a movie about a small corrupt and bigoted police force out west that treated Native Americans terribly any time they came into contact with them.
He said... When policemen break the law then there isn't any law... just the fight for survival.
And that's true. The fact that bad people do terrible things is exactly the reason why we shouldn't. It brings us down to their level and gives us absolutely no credibility on any scale.
I want the moral high ground whenever we go to the Haag trying to get a terrorist locked up for life or executed. The last thing we need is the judges thinking... yeah and America is famous for torturing prisoners.
Everyone should check out these 2 YouTubes. The first is just great Billy Jack movie fight footage... Great movie! The Second is Tom Laughlin today on John McCain... take a look!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQWCAVzM384
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeYyi0labB8
