On 10/22/2004 3:54 PM, Ernest Schaal wrote:
> in article claaco$qv4$1@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp, Scott Reynolds at
> sar@gol.com wrote on 10/22/04 3:47 PM:
> 
> 
>>On 10/22/2004 10:41 AM, Eric Takabayashi wrote:
>>
>>>Scott Reynolds wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>On 10/21/2004 10:48 PM, Eric Takabayashi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Scott Reynolds wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>What would you consider an appropriate punishment for them?
>>>>>
>>>>>The US and US soldiers responsible for committing crimes such as the
>>>>>abusers of Abu
>>>>>Ghraib should be treated or punished the way they would treat or punish
>>>>>their
>>>>>detainees, held without charge or trial. And they should be regarded the
>>>>>same.
>>>>>Actually the abusers of Abu Ghraib are convicted criminals, thus below many
>>>>>of their
>>>>>"innocent" victims.
>>>>
>>>>I see. So the penalty for extralegal abuses is extralegal abuse. Somehow
>>>>I don't think this is going to do much to improve things.
>>>
>>>
>>>The punishment is not extralegal abuse, if it is the law.
>>
>>So holding people "without charge or trial" is the law?
> 
> 
> I think that Eric momentarily let his anger get the best of him. His
> statement is inconsistent with other statements he has made espousing the
> need for due process.

Really? In many of his earlier postings (on other topics) Eric has shown 
great disdain for due process.

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Scott Reynolds                                      sar@gol.com