WikiLeaks Says It Has Released Hacked U.S. Detainee Rules

[graham4anything]

30. We can go backward to the 1850s with no rights for most, or forward to rights for all

and there is a difference.

like the book says (and I don't mean this to sound cold)

don't sweat the small stuff, after all, it's all small stuff

To get to a better point C
one needs to get out of point A
and then it's a long hard road from B til we get to C

I am not belittling the crimes of the past administrations
but there is a far easier and longer lasting way than going back in a tit-for-tat situation

Nixon quit before any trials
Bill Clinton was impeached for nothing at all

to go back here, all that would happen is "they" would say it is revenge for Bill
"we" would say it is for a noble cause
there would be a split verdict

and if there were a jury trial, all it takes is ONE juror to stop a guilty vote
and if there was a guilty vote, all it takes is ONE minor mistake to have that overturned.

If you know your history, you might recall in the aftermath of the Iran/Contra and guns for hostages, and the entire situation there, a few people got jail time.

then (of all things) the ACLU famously got one of the main links to the entire happening off
on a technicality.
at which point he became a hero himself

if one cannot assure the correct outcome will happen, going backward and wasting valuable capital on what 1/2 the nation will percieve as a witchhunt, while the other 1/2 thinks it is a noble cause, will let the ones slip back into office and then do it again.

and 9-11 did happen. and real people did die.
and bad things happened to people who had nothing to do with 9-11

but look how long it took to bring Joe Paterno and Jerry Sandusky to justice into the minds of the public.(not the best example I realize)

but one doesn't resort to doing something instantly that will result or could result in the entire internet being silenced. Because that not be the outcome anyone on the side of "good" would want. But it could happen if we have internet anarchy.

IMHO.
(and I am not arguing you personally, or your feelings, or even the truth in what you are passionate about in any way.I might even agree with you, but I am arguing the bigger picture at this moment in history)

(remember, it took hundreds of years for things the founding fathers wrote, to actually happen, some never happened, and some of the founding fathers themselves did very, very bad things personally that were exact opposite their words they wrote(esp. Thomas Jefferson).