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#277 Dec 22 2010 at 3:26 PM Rating: Excellent
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LeWoVoc wrote:
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that the first amendment is interpreted as a clear separation of church and state.


Separation from church and state. Not that I expect you to know the difference.

And it was never mentioned in the constitution. So no it's not in there.

You do realize it's the job of the SCotUS to interpret the Constitution, right? You do realize that you don't get to reinterpret it because it doesn't fit your worldview?


@idiggory - You've jinxed me. Or I'm just being a particularly big cnut today. Either way.

Edited, Dec 22nd 2010 2:26pm by LeWoVoc
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#279 Dec 22 2010 at 3:28 PM Rating: Good
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Bardalicious wrote:
LeWoVoc wrote:
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lilwoc,

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that the first amendment is interpreted as a clear separation of church and state.


Separation from church and state. Not that I expect you to know the difference.

And it was never mentioned in the constitution. So no it's not in there.

You do realize it's the job of the SCotUS to interpret the Constitution, right? You do realize that you don't get to reinterpret it because it doesn't fit your worldview?


@idiggory - You've jinxed me. Or I'm just being a particularly big cnut today. Either way.

Edited, Dec 22nd 2010 2:26pm by LeWoVoc
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I tried to avoid it. It's like Godwin's law on this board.
#280 Dec 22 2010 at 3:30 PM Rating: Default
lilwoc,

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it's the job of the SCotUS to interpret the Constitution


LMAO!!! Considering your liberal buddies appoint radical idealogues like Vader it's obvious you don't care about the actual duties of the Scotus.

#281 Dec 22 2010 at 3:35 PM Rating: Excellent
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varusword75 wrote:
lilwoc,

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it's the job of the SCotUS to interpret the Constitution


LMAO!!! Considering your liberal buddies appoint radical idealogues like Vader it's obvious you don't care about the actual duties of the Scotus.

like shooting fish in a barrel.

Actually, I think Mythbusters showed that to actually be hard to do. Point still valid, though.
#282 Dec 22 2010 at 3:36 PM Rating: Default
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Well then don't pretend like you care if your radical judges are interpreting law or making it.

#283 Dec 22 2010 at 3:38 PM Rating: Good
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The First ******* Amendment wrote:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.


1. The gov't can't mandate that you do or do not follow a religion, nor can they form laws based solely on religious dogma. If you are referencing religious beliefs to make an argument for a law, you've already failed--the 1st amendment protects against it.

2. Kinda like how gays were trying to petition that their rights were being violated and the Republicans kept trying to push back the vote on DADT?
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#284 Dec 22 2010 at 3:44 PM Rating: Excellent
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varusword75 wrote:
Bard,

Well then don't pretend like you care if your radical judges are interpreting law or making it.


Damn those radical judges of the 1870s
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And you realize that Amendments 5, 6, and 8 all guarantee American citizens the right to:

5. The right to trial by jury according to due process and prevents trial by self-incrimination.
6. The right to a fair and speedy trial by jury, with representation, to face your accuser and know of the accusations against you.
8. The freedom from cruel and unusual punishment.

And then amendment 9 states that the federal gov't has no right to infringe on these rights.

So, explain to me how the Republican President Bush was paying due consideration to these articles of the constitution when he threw American citizens in Guantanamo Bay prison, refused to grant them trials (let alone fair or speedy ones), doesn't inform them why they are there, and tortures them. I'm REALLY interested to hear that answer.
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#287 Dec 22 2010 at 3:47 PM Rating: Excellent
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varusword75 wrote:
lilwoc,

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it's the job of the SCotUS to interpret the Constitution


LMAO!!! Considering your liberal buddies appoint radical idealogues like Vader it's obvious you don't care about the actual duties of the Scotus.

If you can look past the 80 billion logical fallacies you just committed to see my point rather than running scared because you're talking nonsense, try to bear with me here. I'm going to ignore your infantile attempt to point a finger at me at get back to the point. You said, not too many posts ago, that you were about the Constitution and tradition. It is both traditional and in the Constitution that the SCotUS gets to interpret the Constitution. The SCotUS has spoken on these issues and came up with a conclusion with which you disagree. Because you disagree, rather than accepting them because it's the Constitution and tradition, you get backed into a corner and start spewing out everything you can against liberals. So tell me, varus, why is the Constitution wrong in this instance?
#288 Dec 22 2010 at 3:47 PM Rating: Default
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American citizens in Guantanamo Bay prison


Terrorists are treated differently. It's really that simple. The safety of the majority always, ALWAYS, supercedes the right of one.

#289 Dec 22 2010 at 3:57 PM Rating: Excellent
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varusword75 wrote:
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American citizens in Guantanamo Bay prison


Terrorists are treated differently.

Provide constitutional backing please.
#290 Dec 22 2010 at 3:57 PM Rating: Good
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And how do you know they are terrorists if you haven't even given them a trial. You DO remember that "innocent until proven guilty in a court of law" is represented by the 5th, 6th, and 7th amendments, right?

I mean, hell, the gov't can just lock up ANYONE they want to then guys! All you have to do is call them a terrorist and all their rights disappear, never matter if it is true or not! Isn't that useful.

Oh, and btw, the constitution specifies that these rights cannot be denied to ANY PERSON by the federal gov't.

I wasn't aware that terrorists weren't people. That should make it much easier to find them!
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#291 Dec 22 2010 at 4:01 PM Rating: Good
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But there are certain ones that I won't give up--Amendment 1 is frankly the one I care most about


No you don't. It's your party that's trying to control speech through the fairness doctrine.


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I don't give a crap about 2, frankly. Most people are better off without guns.


I care about them all because they all serve a purpose.


Except the ones you don't, like 14...
#292 Dec 22 2010 at 4:09 PM Rating: Good
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Speaking of super-majorities, I'm sure you're all breathless to hear that the START treaty passed with 71 votes.


I, for one, am disgusted this Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty passed with no provision for the regulation of tactical weapons. What a disgrace! What an outrage!
#293 Dec 22 2010 at 8:31 PM Rating: Decent
Bardalicious wrote:
varusword75 wrote:
idiot,

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American citizens in Guantanamo Bay prison


Terrorists are treated differently.

Provide constitutional backing please.

Precedent in Lincoln & FDR. Executive authority and all that.
#294 Dec 22 2010 at 8:38 PM Rating: Excellent
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MoebiusLord wrote:
Bardalicious wrote:
varusword75 wrote:
idiot,

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American citizens in Guantanamo Bay prison


Terrorists are treated differently.

Provide constitutional backing please.

Precedent in Lincoln & FDR. Executive authority and all that.
I didn't know they were the constitution.

Damn Caribu Lou has got me all confused.
#295 Dec 22 2010 at 8:45 PM Rating: Excellent
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Bardalicious wrote:
Provide constitutional backing please.
Precedent

Heh.
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#296 Dec 22 2010 at 8:47 PM Rating: Excellent
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varusword75 wrote:
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Jews and Muslims also agree that Christians are full of sh*t.


But all three of them agree that homosexuality is a sin.



And so is not stoning unruly children at the edge of town, or not killing someone for building a fire on the sabbath, or planting two different grains in the same furrow, or eating pork. We have a long TRADITION in this country of upholding those sacred laws, don't we? I say, let's stop being hypocrites and bring back all the Old Testament laws.

You know, like the biblical law that says the proper punishment for rape is to force the rapist to pay some money to the victim's father and to force the rapist to marry the victim. Let's enforce the punishment of sins, what do you say?

Oh, and speaking of the Constitution and tradition, you do realize that one of the most amazing things about our Constitution is the ability to amend it, right? Not sure if you've read it since the 1700s, but it's been amended 27 times.

Edited, Dec 22nd 2010 9:50pm by SuperAtheist
#297 Dec 22 2010 at 9:05 PM Rating: Excellent
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Speaking of super-majorities, I'm sure you're all breathless to hear that the START treaty passed with 71 votes.


I, for one, am disgusted this Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty passed with no provision for the regulation of tactical weapons. What a disgrace! What an outrage!


Probably because the strategic arms already regulate the use of the tactical arms implicitly in the same way they both regulate the combined arms.

I am aware that this sounds like some kind of arm-hydra arm wrestling match.

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#298 Dec 22 2010 at 9:07 PM Rating: Default
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Completely sidetrack, but what the hell:

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And you realize that Amendments 5, 6, and 8 all guarantee American citizens the right to:

5. The right to trial by jury according to due process and prevents trial by self-incrimination.
6. The right to a fair and speedy trial by jury, with representation, to face your accuser and know of the accusations against you.
8. The freedom from cruel and unusual punishment.

And then amendment 9 states that the federal gov't has no right to infringe on these rights.

So, explain to me how the Republican President Bush was paying due consideration to these articles of the constitution when he threw American citizens in Guantanamo Bay prison, refused to grant them trials (let alone fair or speedy ones), doesn't inform them why they are there, and tortures them. I'm REALLY interested to hear that answer.


Sure.

1. No American citizens were held at Gitmo. This is actually irrelevant since the amendments in question refer to "persons" or "people", and not just to "citizens". But I figured I'd point it out anyway.

2. Trials are only guaranteed for cases of "criminal prosecutions". Those held at Gitmo were specifically held as "unlawful combatants", and thus fall under a different set of rules (as do all combatants, we don't grant POWs trials or let them go do we?).

3. They were certainly informed as to why they were there. You're confusing being informed, with being charged with a crime. Which is irrelevant given answer number 2 above.

4. Torture is a pretty subjective allegation, not a fact. How about we stick to facts, ok?



Oh. And for the record, I doubt seriously that you REALLY want to hear an answer. What you REALLY want is to hear the question asked again, and again, and again. Repeat it enough and most people will assume the questions have merit.

Edited, Dec 22nd 2010 7:10pm by gbaji
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#299 Dec 22 2010 at 9:13 PM Rating: Excellent
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Probably because the strategic arms already regulate the use of the tactical arms implicitly in the same way they both regulate the combined arms.

Actually, New START doesn't address tactical weapons but the START treaty and its descendants never have. We haven't had a new tactical arms agreement with Russia/Soviet Union since 1987.

Edited, Dec 22nd 2010 9:23pm by Jophiel
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#300 Dec 22 2010 at 9:17 PM Rating: Default
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idiggory wrote:
I mean, hell, the gov't can just lock up ANYONE they want to then guys!


Anyone who's found to be engaging in military operations against the US, yes. I'll point out again that we do this with declared enemy combatants all the time. We call them POWs.

The only difference between the treatment of the detainees in Gitmo and normal POWs is that those detainees were found to not qualify for the preferential POW status granted to those who fight in ways specified under the 3rd Geneva Convention. Thus, they are not awarded the special privileges we grant to POWs.

Do you REALLY want me to quote you the section of the Geneva Conventions which specifically outlines the conditions and loss of protection that people meeting those criteria may be subjected to? I'll give you a hint: It specifically states they may be held without communication, and may be subject to interrogation.

But you don't really want an answer to your question, do you? You want us to assume that by asking it, there must not be an answer.

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All you have to do is call them a terrorist and all their rights disappear, never matter if it is true or not! Isn't that useful.


All we have to do is declare someone a POW and all their rights disappear! We can hold them without trial, and without redress, and for as long as we want. OMG! The humanity...


You're ignoring a whole section of the law here.
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#301 Dec 22 2010 at 9:20 PM Rating: Excellent
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gbaji wrote:

2. Trials are only guaranteed for cases of "criminal prosecutions". Those held at Gitmo were specifically held as "unlawful combatants", and thus fall under a different set of rules (as do all combatants, we don't grant POWs trials or let them go do we?).
Don't we have to be in a war to have prisoners of war?
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