Comments on: The time for complacency is over http://jdallen.org/politics/the-time-for-complacency-is-over/ "To Bigotry No Sanction, To Persecution No Assistance" Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:27:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Creature http://jdallen.org/politics/the-time-for-complacency-is-over/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 Creature Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:09:20 +0000 http://jdallen.org/politics/the-time-for-complacency-is-over/#comment-1138 Well said. It's been a really sad week. Well said. It’s been a really sad week.

]]> By: hell’s handmaiden » Blog Archive » Leiter Reports: A Group Blog: Regime Change (Edmundson) http://jdallen.org/politics/the-time-for-complacency-is-over/comment-page-1/#comment-1137 hell’s handmaiden » Blog Archive » Leiter Reports: A Group Blog: Regime Change (Edmundson) Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:08:22 +0000 http://jdallen.org/politics/the-time-for-complacency-is-over/#comment-1137 [...] Yesterday, I linked to a post about tourture at The Allen Almanac; today Leiter Reports has a piece on the subject. Most of the article is a series of excerpts. I am requoting parts I find interesting and am providing links to the original sources. The compromise legislation…authorizes the president to seize American citizens as enemy combatants, even if they have never left the United States. And once thrown into military prison, they cannot expect a trial by their peers or any other of the normal protections of the Bill of Rights. [...] [...] Yesterday, I linked to a post about tourture at The Allen Almanac; today Leiter Reports has a piece on the subject. Most of the article is a series of excerpts. I am requoting parts I find interesting and am providing links to the original sources. The compromise legislation…authorizes the president to seize American citizens as enemy combatants, even if they have never left the United States. And once thrown into military prison, they cannot expect a trial by their peers or any other of the normal protections of the Bill of Rights. [...]

]]> By: hell’s handmaiden » Blog Archive » Time to Choose Sides http://jdallen.org/politics/the-time-for-complacency-is-over/comment-page-1/#comment-1129 hell’s handmaiden » Blog Archive » Time to Choose Sides Sat, 30 Sep 2006 04:40:56 +0000 http://jdallen.org/politics/the-time-for-complacency-is-over/#comment-1129 [...] One of my fovorite people on the web has a powerful post up on his site. First he quotes from a Reddit comment thread… Then suddenly, water hits your head, streams into your mouth and nose, icy cold as if it’s come from a freezer. You can’t breathe, breathe anyway, cough hard, convulse, but your body can’t bend over and the pain in your stomach is unbearable. Your retch but nothing comes up, and more water hits your face while someone laughs at you. You try to breathe but swallow water and then, finally, you throw up, the taste of your own stomach smeared over your face, running into your eyes inside the bag over your head. The water stops and all you do is scream and scream and scream for mercy, your own sick all over, your piss running down towards you while the world spins and spins and spins.The time for complacency is over » The Allen Almanac [...] [...] One of my fovorite people on the web has a powerful post up on his site. First he quotes from a Reddit comment thread… Then suddenly, water hits your head, streams into your mouth and nose, icy cold as if it’s come from a freezer. You can’t breathe, breathe anyway, cough hard, convulse, but your body can’t bend over and the pain in your stomach is unbearable. Your retch but nothing comes up, and more water hits your face while someone laughs at you. You try to breathe but swallow water and then, finally, you throw up, the taste of your own stomach smeared over your face, running into your eyes inside the bag over your head. The water stops and all you do is scream and scream and scream for mercy, your own sick all over, your piss running down towards you while the world spins and spins and spins.The time for complacency is over » The Allen Almanac [...]

]]> By: its about time» Blog Archive » There is only one thing that arouses animals more than pleasure, and that is pain… http://jdallen.org/politics/the-time-for-complacency-is-over/comment-page-1/#comment-1128 its about time» Blog Archive » There is only one thing that arouses animals more than pleasure, and that is pain… Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:14:13 +0000 http://jdallen.org/politics/the-time-for-complacency-is-over/#comment-1128 [...] The time for complacency is over [...] [...] The time for complacency is over [...]

]]> By: James Allen http://jdallen.org/politics/the-time-for-complacency-is-over/comment-page-1/#comment-1120 James Allen Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:06:46 +0000 http://jdallen.org/politics/the-time-for-complacency-is-over/#comment-1120 One of my Senators (a Democrat, Mark Pryor) voted for it. The Rep from our district (a Republican) also voted for it. It is the most shameful moment of my generation. At least, I hope it is. One of my Senators (a Democrat, Mark Pryor) voted for it. The Rep from our district (a Republican) also voted for it. It is the most shameful moment of my generation. At least, I hope it is.

]]> By: twincats http://jdallen.org/politics/the-time-for-complacency-is-over/comment-page-1/#comment-1119 twincats Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:56:29 +0000 http://jdallen.org/politics/the-time-for-complacency-is-over/#comment-1119 James is right. Both of my senators voted for this and I have sent them emails of protest. If all men (and women, presumably, even though the ERA was never ratitfied) are not equal under our laws, then NO ONE is safe! We do not treat our enemies as equal human beings because we like them or because we condone their actions or what they stand for. We do it because they are human beings and our very own constitution says that ALL men and women are created equal. No one is saying we have to serve them tea and cucumber sandwiches and smile while we do it; just treat them as basic human beings with certain inalienable rights. James is right. Both of my senators voted for this and I have sent them emails of protest.

If all men (and women, presumably, even though the ERA was never ratitfied) are not equal under our laws, then NO ONE is safe!

We do not treat our enemies as equal human beings because we like them or because we condone their actions or what they stand for. We do it because they are human beings and our very own constitution says that ALL men and women are created equal.

No one is saying we have to serve them tea and cucumber sandwiches and smile while we do it; just treat them as basic human beings with certain inalienable rights.

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