« Recommendation of Death | Main | But what about their dignity??? »
September 02, 2006
Because he has none
This opening paragraph written by the father of a Gitmo detainee demonstrates the childish and uneducated view of the US Constitution:
The United States recently responded to pressure from the German government and released detainee Murat Kurnaz from Guantanamo Bay. Although he spent four years in the U.S. prison there, Kurnaz was never charged with a crime, and there are no indications that he was involved in any terrorist-related activity. Had he been afforded his constitutional right to due process upon detention, it is highly likely that this innocent man would not have wasted four years of his life in prison.
To conservatives, the error is obvious. Emotional leftists might not see it right away, so let me splain it...
HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS BECAUSE HE IS NOT AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
Good, Lord. The US Constitution is not a global document of peace and good will; it is a legal document that outlines what US citizens allow the federal government to do.
Posted by Aaron at September 2, 2006 05:59 PM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.lifelikepundits.com/cgi-bin/mt3/mt-tb.cgi/2759
Comments
How funny. You call someone "childish and uneducated" for not knowing who the constitution applies to.
Will you call yourself "childish and uneducated" for not knowing the same thing?
Or is there going to be a double standard here, typical among you Republicans.
Consitutional rights are not limited to citizens. They apply to everyone the government deals with. Even illegal aliens.
Posted by: paul at September 3, 2006 09:30 AM
...or anybody else the left feels like including. If the left doesn't like it, it magically becomes unconstitutional.
Posted by: DoubleU at September 3, 2006 09:46 AM
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Seems simple enough.
Posted by: DoubleU at September 3, 2006 09:49 AM
(Slaps hand on forehead.)
Oh, for pity's sake...
I can't do this in a comment, I'm going to have to post for this one.
Posted by: Charles at September 3, 2006 04:29 PM