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Saturday, July 06, 2002
Bob Weir in an article in the Texas Mercury is explicit: to beat the terrorists we must be more like them Weir is particularly opposed to judicial rights for terrorist suspects, because, as Weir reminds us, should we ever be unhappy enough to be captured by terrorists we are unlikey to be read our Miranda rights.
Weir says that we must give up our standards of justice and become terrorists ourselves. All alleged terrorists suspects, he says, should be
"thrown in solitary confinement and fed bread and water for a few weeks? Or better yet, pork slices and water. This could be in addition to other treatment, which I won’t get into because the squeamish would most certainly be mortified at the mere suggestion of physical punishment."
After all, "[s]ince they consider death to be their greatest reward, why not give them what they want."
No hint of that dreaded "moral ambiguity" there!. posted by total5:21 PM
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