The Cellar - View Single Post - SCOTUS Grants Guantanamo Prisoners Habeas Corpus

dar512 · 10-23-2008, 04:17 PM

While you may have doubts that Guantanamo prisoners have been waterboarded, there is no doubt that prisoners have been tortured.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007...guantanamo.usa

I don't get the defense of this behavior. If it's legal to do against POWs how soon will we see it used against citizens? How soon will a citizen be declared a POW so that torture can be used?

One of the objectives of the law is to prohibit abuses of power. This is the sort of thing that should be specifically prohibited.

10-23-2008, 04:17 PM	#1
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	While you may have doubts that Guantanamo prisoners have been waterboarded, there is no doubt that prisoners have been tortured. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007...guantanamo.usa I don't get the defense of this behavior. If it's legal to do against POWs how soon will we see it used against citizens? How soon will a citizen be declared a POW so that torture can be used? One of the objectives of the law is to prohibit abuses of power. This is the sort of thing that should be specifically prohibited. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller Last edited by dar512; 10-23-2008 at 04:17 PM. Reason: spelling