Comments on: Palin mocks Obama for respect for civil rights

By: L.Tamir

L.Tamir — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:29:36 +0000

The Japanese internment is a sad and shameful episode and not tocompare with the approach to Al Quaida or islamic terrorist suspects. While torture is unacceptable and against the Geneva convention, providing them the same rights like american citizens and instructing them of the Miranda law when captured in battle is ridiculous. You cannot treat an islamic extremist who has no respect for human life nor democratic laws without trying to extract some information,even before he or she has access to a lawyer.We are in the middle of a war and the end is in sight , wether democrats or republicans take over the white house But a war it is and an appeasement policy may have the exact same results like the appeasement attempts before and in the beginning of world war 2 that resulted in Hitler's ascent, the subjugation of all european democracies to a demented tyrant and the killing of 40 million innocent people. For those who survived it the war seemed to NEVER end. It is very questionnable that even a brilliant man like Obama will know how to handle the islamic treat nor the communist expansionim for that matter

By: outraged

outraged — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:52:07 +0000

Hurrah! Someone who has some sense and critical judgment. The author of this article points out something that we should all take note of – - the absurdness of a vice presidential candidate mocking our civil rights, with the audience dutifully chuckling in response. Shouldn't we all be troubled by the very potential that this woman is going to be the leader of our country that was build upon the very principles that she is now belittling?

By: L.Tamir

L.Tamir — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:29:36 +0000

By: outraged

outraged — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:52:07 +0000

By: JJHH

JJHH — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:04:36 +0000

I hope for Palin's sake that her view on civil rights isn't implemented. This would mean SHE would have to go to prison immediately for her alleged abuse of power by firing her ex-brother-in-law. After all, no reason to read her her rights or to assume she's innocent. Straight to prison Palin. Careful what you wish for.

By: RS

RS — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:43:02 +0000

This is an issue that needs to be taken VERY seriously. Anti civil rights demagoguery is particularly scary when you consider that a group of protesters in St. Paul are now being charged as terrorists! Think about it – citizens protesting at a political convention are arrested as terrorists, while the candidate suggests that terrorists should not have the right to a fair trial. Combine that with the Bush's assertion that the “War on Terror” gives the commander in chief the right to break any law, you have a formula to turn the US into Zimbabwe – where the executive branch claims to have the right to arrest and detain protestors as terrorists, and detain them indefinitely without rights. This may seem hysterical, or exaggerated, but a popular demagogue like Palin is extremely dangerous and we must take these concerns seriously, now, before it is too late.