10-18-2005, 01:32 AM
You all know I'm not a supporter of Bush and can criticize him all day. I think he's the biggest fuck up the US has ever made and shamefull that he is the best the US has to offer.
BUT, things in my own country have got me thinking. We have a law system that actually still goes by the books. Our judges are stricter than any other country I have ever heard about as in how they work by the books and when somebody finally gets sentenced they usually get a low sentence, atleast in my opinion (20 years for premeditated murder, out in 13). Now, we have got some radical Muslims in our country who want to blow stuff up and all, you know Jihad blablabla. One of them was arrested with a pistol on him (which are very illegal here), at home he had blueprints of our major airport, our congress hall, our nuclear powerplants and he had a selfmade bomb in his closet besides having a letter stating he wants his 2 year old son to become a fighter for the Jihad if he would not be able to raise him himself. An obvious wannabe terrorist to most of us.
This guy was released for lack of evidence (he did get a small sentence for the gun). You can't prove he would have commited an illegal act. Yesterday he was arrested again because they found a goodbye video that should have been sent out after he commited a certain act. The police picked him up before he could do anything but he'll probably get released again because of lack of evidence. This would not be possible in the US. They would have slammed his ass in Guantanamo bay before he knew what hit him.
What I mean to say in these times some of our rights 'might' have to be sacriviced or else there are people who will abuse those rights. I think the US has gone a bit overboard in this but I do understand something had to happen now. I actually find myself wishing sometimes that our law system was a little more like yours, just a little though
BUT, things in my own country have got me thinking. We have a law system that actually still goes by the books. Our judges are stricter than any other country I have ever heard about as in how they work by the books and when somebody finally gets sentenced they usually get a low sentence, atleast in my opinion (20 years for premeditated murder, out in 13). Now, we have got some radical Muslims in our country who want to blow stuff up and all, you know Jihad blablabla. One of them was arrested with a pistol on him (which are very illegal here), at home he had blueprints of our major airport, our congress hall, our nuclear powerplants and he had a selfmade bomb in his closet besides having a letter stating he wants his 2 year old son to become a fighter for the Jihad if he would not be able to raise him himself. An obvious wannabe terrorist to most of us.
This guy was released for lack of evidence (he did get a small sentence for the gun). You can't prove he would have commited an illegal act. Yesterday he was arrested again because they found a goodbye video that should have been sent out after he commited a certain act. The police picked him up before he could do anything but he'll probably get released again because of lack of evidence. This would not be possible in the US. They would have slammed his ass in Guantanamo bay before he knew what hit him.
What I mean to say in these times some of our rights 'might' have to be sacriviced or else there are people who will abuse those rights. I think the US has gone a bit overboard in this but I do understand something had to happen now. I actually find myself wishing sometimes that our law system was a little more like yours, just a little though