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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 29 2010, 01:56 PM (930 Views) | |
| ivorythumper | Nov 29 2010, 01:56 PM Post #1 |
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I am trying to think of a really good reason that Pfc Bradley Manning should not be shot as a traitor. So far I am coming up empty... |
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| sue | Nov 29 2010, 02:15 PM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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He joined at 20, and was in a position to read these kinds of documents within 3 years of service?! How about looking into how and why that happened. |
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| Piano*Dad | Nov 29 2010, 02:21 PM Post #3 |
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Bull-Carp
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If he is ultimately released, I hope that occurs so far in the future that no one will give a brass farthing for his recollections. |
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| George K | Nov 29 2010, 02:24 PM Post #4 |
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If life meant "life" I'd be good with that. At hard, hard labor. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| kluurs | Nov 29 2010, 02:53 PM Post #5 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Why no option with the words "wood chipper" in it? |
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| Copper | Nov 29 2010, 03:00 PM Post #6 |
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Shortstop
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Is he a republican or a democrat? |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| George K | Nov 29 2010, 03:02 PM Post #7 |
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That changes everything. Thanks, Copper.
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| kluurs | Nov 29 2010, 03:07 PM Post #8 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Seems anti-government - must be libertarian...
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| George K | Nov 29 2010, 03:39 PM Post #9 |
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Do you support capital punishment, IT? |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| JBryan | Nov 29 2010, 03:47 PM Post #10 |
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I am the grey one
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It should be at least number three but it will probably end up being seven. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| ivorythumper | Nov 29 2010, 05:37 PM Post #11 |
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Yes, in principle. |
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| ivorythumper | Nov 29 2010, 05:39 PM Post #12 |
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That would be "receive some other form of capital punishment" administered by Steve Buscemi. |
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| George K | Nov 29 2010, 05:42 PM Post #13 |
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I'm not disagreeing with you, but I do have questions: 1) Would the death penalty imposed by a military court be as likely to be error free as that imposed by a civilian court? We know that civilian courts are fraught with error - and that may even be the case in capital cases (though I'm too lazy to look it up). 2) What crimes are capital, besides premeditated murder? Treason? Perhaps this warrants another thread... |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| ivorythumper | Nov 29 2010, 05:53 PM Post #14 |
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1) I think the standard for conviction is lower in military court (simple majority rather than unanimous) -- I don't know if that applies to capital cases though. I think the problem of error is a serious concern, which is why I support it in principle, but am concerned about the application. IOW, I think that the State certainly has the right to execute, but does not necessarily need to exercise that right and it might be often more prudent to not. And in our present state of society, the remedy of life imprisonment is a strong option. 2) Treason certainly because it is a direct offense against the common good (the very order of society). In addition to what you mention, I would include rape (arguable, but I think a strong case can be made) and cowardice on the battlefield. |
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| sue | Nov 29 2010, 06:49 PM Post #15 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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wow. I'm sure you have your reasons for feeling that way, but I can't help but think that those of us sitting all nice and comfy in our warm houses, tapping away on our computers, have any call to criticise someone's panic on the battlefield. |
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| ivorythumper | Nov 29 2010, 07:21 PM Post #16 |
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Yes, the reason is simply that soldiers have to fight and not run away. Knowing that they *will* die if they run away should an important incentive for them to risk that they *may* die if they fight. It has nothing to do with anyone's circumstances and everything to do with what is necessary to win wars so that we can sit all nice and comfy in our warm houses. |
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| Copper | Nov 29 2010, 07:24 PM Post #17 |
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It's not just those in the comfy homes. It's the guys doing the fighting who agree: http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/mcm/bl99.htm |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| 1hp | Nov 29 2010, 08:56 PM Post #18 |
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Fulla-Carp
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My question is how does a pfc get access to information on what diplomats are reporting on their counterparts, especially given that the leaks cover many countries? Something is totally screwed up in the land of classified information. |
| There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those that understand binary and................ | |
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| ivorythumper | Nov 29 2010, 09:42 PM Post #19 |
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I wonder if he hacked... |
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| sue | Nov 29 2010, 09:55 PM Post #20 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Soldiers are people too. Quite often pretty young people. And people panic and screw up. We don't go around putting police officers to death if they freeze and endanger another officer. They may lose their position, their job, but we don't kill them. |
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| ivorythumper | Nov 29 2010, 10:01 PM Post #21 |
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Yes, I understand that. War is another level of threat to the order of society and the good of the entire nation that has all sorts of higher standards and greater importance than fighting crime. A crime that is not stopped cannot destroy a nation. A lost battle can. This is why nations equip their soldiers more than their police departments. |
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| Klaus | Nov 30 2010, 12:29 AM Post #22 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I for one am looking forward to that talk show. |
| Trifonov Fleisher Klaus Sokolov Zimmerman | |
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| Frank_W | Nov 30 2010, 06:11 AM Post #23 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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The first time you get shot at, it's literally pants-pissing terrifying. The second time, it's not as bad, and in fact, the overriding emotion is one of outrage and anger. The third time, it's just, Aw, sh!t... I was right in the middle of chow, too! Those motherfvckers are going to pay! |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| JBryan | Nov 30 2010, 06:12 AM Post #24 |
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I am the grey one
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Overcoming fear with anger has always worked for me. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Frank_W | Nov 30 2010, 06:30 AM Post #25 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Yep.
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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