Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:39:52 +0000, DSK wrote:

JohnH wrote:


Harry, just what rights have you lost under the Patriot Act. I've asked you this
before, but you apparently missed the question.

I'm not Harry (not by a long way) but I believe I can answer this.

** from http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitut...lofrights.html **

Bill of Rights



Interesting Stuff. Somebody wanna tell the "prisoners" at Guantanamo Bay?

Lloyd



The righties make the argument that the U.S. Constitution only applies
to U.S. citizens in the USA or, at best, to some foreigners living in
the U.S.

Far too rigid. In the court of world opinion, we are judged by how we
treat everyone and anyone. It's damned difficult to sell what little
remains of our democracy to those in other countries if we don't behave
much differently than their leaders we overthrew.

For many Muslims, we're not behaving much differently than Saddam. We're
mistreating captives, we're shooting civilians and we're profiteering
off of misery. Perceptions are damned important.



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