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In reply to the discussion: Russ Feingold: Obama Super PAC Reversal Will Lead To 'A Legalized Abramoff System' [View all]FedUp_Queer
(975 posts)I don't believe in killing but I think killing may be justifiable in certain instances. Murder is never justifiable.
It appears from your post, that you don't really believe in due process. That's fine. You would have been right at home with Winston Churchill during WWII who was in favor of summary execution of the German high command rather than, say, the IMT at Nürnberg. Hell, even Israel gave Eichmann a trial and defense counsel. The reason is because process matters. Doing it the right way matters. If someone, somewhere, gets to decide who receives due process and who doesn't, who decides that? What are the criteria?
I personally would rather have seen Hussein and Qaddafi brought to justice and put on trial...real trials. But, again, some folks aren't interested in due process, or they seem only to be for the not guilty of innocent.
You still didn't answer the questions as to whether you think murder, killing a child or killing an American citizen without trial, without presentation of charges, while unarmed, riding in a jeep in the desert are ever acceptable?
As a corollary, who gets due process and who doesn't? Who decides?