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Just ordered a pair of Morrow liners for $30. Thanks for the tips. Hope they work out.

10.5 - 11 (or 43.5-44 Euro)

We're not like you. Thank God. Perhaps you'd like to explain the personal appeal that vigilantism, open contempt for law, easy dismissal of civil rights, racist overtones, and general barbarism present in Dirty Harry holds for you. Please don't attribute such an appeal to the rest of us or the American people as a whole. Pretty simple. Small dicks like Big Guns.

Can you post that picture of me on the summit of Storm King for the 16th time for me? It just gets funnier with every repetition. Oh wait, I forgot. You've got me on ignore.

BLAH, BL-BLAH, BL-BLAH (rewind) BLAH BLAH, BL-BLAH! No, we want detainees to be treated according to our own laws. Or do you not believe in the rule of law? Direct question, you can answer that one simply, can't you? Given that 400 out of 800 Guantanamo detainees were released after years of torture without be charged for any crime, I would also doubt your characterization of that population as being "murdering scum". Of those 800 original detainees, only 10, count them, 10, have been charged with any crime. Um...if we "know" they're "murdering scum", why aren't we charging them? Because, perhaps, we have no evidence against them? If not, then, how do we know they're "murdering scum". The purpose of the rule of law is to determine whether or not they are, in fact, "murdering scum". Given our less than 50% error rate at Guantanamo, I would say a little due process, which after all, is a basic human right (not just one reserved for US citizens) is long overdue.

We're not like you. Thank God. I think you speak from a very lonely podium, here. Perhaps you can open up a 70's theme park, you know, so patrons can return to the America's Golden Age; disco, Dusters, and Dirty Harry, if only for an afternoon.

Maybe 70's fashions AND B movie vigilante justice will come back! Mod Squad!

Assassination by airstrike does fall under a different area of international law. It is clearly illegal to target civilians. This is the main area of contention between proponents and opponents of this 'problem solving' technique. Targeting the enemy in wartime, of course, is legal. Now, whether or not we're actually fighting a legitimate war is a whole other argument.

This is a completely mythical (but oft quoted) scenario. If, however, you had a suspect in custody who had a high likelihood of having valuable information, offering witness protection has been, by far, the most effective means to get that information in a reliable form out of them. Most high level terrorists captured so far have been ego maniacs. They love to brag.

Remember when Reagan bombed Qaddafi's home/complex whatever, and killed some of his wives/children. That shut the f***er up for a while, didn't it? Yes, and when Hitler invaded Poland, that shut those fuckers up, too. Good argument. The Reagan bombing really shut up Qaddafi's little girl. Very admirable.

For some of us, the distaste is the same.

ack - this one bugs me, and it's google-proof - i keep getting mental images of the wicked step sister from shrek or the bar-tenders in bill n' teds, but niether is right - gimme a clue! Your not supposed to be using Google, cheater. Casablanca?

THis is the same specious argument the administration uses. "Only in extreme circumstances", which basically means "Whenever we feel like it." The rule of law, and human decency, at this point, is gone. There is no situation that warrants torture, just as there is none that warrants slavery, or rape, or any other inhumane act. None. You either agree to give up basic human rights as a value, or not. And there is no 'gray area'. That is a bullshit fictional PR campaign brought forth by the administration to allow them to continue doing whatever they want to in this area. The law is clear: if it's inhumane, degrading, or humiliating, it's illegal. Waterboarding, sleep deprivation, dogs, mock executions, stripping prisoners and mocking them, disallowing access to a toilet, and all the other 'soft' techniques, by this standard, are prohibited by our own laws.

I'm way ahead of the game, here. There's already a substantial fuel supply in the crisper of my fridge.

My man nipples are getting hard.

Don't even think about whining to me. It excites my predatory instinct.

Safety, ultimately, is the only requirement of government. Then you're nothing more than another inmate. I believe that we can do a lot better than just 'staying safe', both in our personal and collective lives. Exploration, stewardship, creativity, great parties....

Yeah, yeah, blah, blah, big old horrible terrorists doing really bad scary things. So we should, too. Or so your logic goes. I don't think you know my logic. You dismiss whatever I say out of hand too quickly to consider it. But that is okay, you are going to be right no matter what the conversation is, so bringing up other options is a pointless excersize with you. 'Exercise'. I only dismiss the really stupid stuff you post. Step up to your intellect.

Cuba annex. One reason NOT to do it: Cranky Jewish retiree boat people.

A life lived without morals or purpose isn't worth very much. If simply being alive was the absolute highest objective for being, you know, breathing, eating, shitting, then why, throughout history, have so many sacrificed their lives for something higher? Safety is, ultimately, the worst form of prison.

Yeah, yeah, blah, blah, big old horrible terrorists doing really bad scary things. So we should, too. Or so your logic goes.

where does interrogation end, and "torture" begin Read the Article 3 prohibitions aloud and you'll likely find that this is a fairly simple question to answer correctly.

Yes, we do, if we are to be a nation of laws and not whim. And if we choose to be a civilized and humane people. You may personally wish to follow the lead of those who beheaded Mr. Pearl and their fellows. Personally, however, I'm damn glad to be on the only morally defensible side of this particular issue.

I think, at this point, a Floridectomy isn't entirely out of the question: