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*Sentenal*	Jan 24 2009, 02:03 AM
When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat. Posts: 15,638 Group: FEFF Emperor Member #1 Joined: May 16, 2005	I got rid of the double post, don't worry about it. Quote: Wow really? That's your only argument against this? Some sort of morality issue? These guys don't deserve trials because they're terrorists. What kind of logic is that? By that logic, every person tried of a crime is guilty. Here's something that's important to note - "Terrorists" are enemies of the United States. They are not evil, or lesser beings or anything like that. They're just significantly different and to say they don't deserve to be treated like humans just because they don't think we deserve to be treated like humans doesn't make sense. Is it wrong of them? Yes. That doesn't make it right for us though. Do you really see no difference between a soldier and a terrorist? Terrorist are significantly different. Significantly different, in the fact that they almost exclusively target civilians. They are not an army. They don't represent a country. They are a group of murderers, who because they cannot challenge us militarily, they turn against the people the military is supposed to protect. If they are acknowledged as soldiers (lets just ignore the fact that they aren't soldiers), then they would have to be treated as such. According to the Geneva Convention, there are two types of Combatants. Privileged Combatants, who follow the law of war, and thus qualify as a POW, and unlawful combatants, who due to their nature, don't qualify as a POW. Terrorist sure as hell don't follow the law of war, and therefore are clearly unlawful combatants. Due to that, there it is absurd to give them the rights of a POW. Quote: That's so not the point, and is completely irrelevant. The point is that we're doing wrong by loopholing around our own constitution just so we can do things that are clearly wrong. Its not loopholing around the Constitution, since the Constitution doesn't protect non-citizens. Quote: I disagree. Ya I'm sure Terrorist will talk if we just sit down and ask nicely.


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