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No: Alcatraz, without the trial first.

Mary Anne — 10/22/2004 6:28:55 PM (archived)

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What happens to the guys that we release from Gitmo? - David F Mayer - 10/22/2004 8:34:16 AM
- I agree - Gary - 10/22/2004 3:54:56 PM
- Guantanamo ain't exactly training folks in how a civilized nation treats captives, now is it? - Bowser - 10/22/2004 1:27:10 PM
  - What are you comparing Guantanamo to, Dachau? - Jacob Samorodin - 10/22/2004 3:03:44 PM
    - No: Alcatraz, without the trial first. - Mary Anne - 10/22/2004 6:28:55 PM
      - It is a long tradition to hold prisoners of war until the cessation of hostilities. How would you do it differently? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 10/22/2004 10:00:47 PM
        
        Well, for starters, it would have been a good idea to weed out the people who were only caught in the dragnet... - Mary Anne - 10/23/2004 12:35:33 AM
    - ya lost me there, Jake - LJ - 10/22/2004 4:00:55 PM
      - You call something barbarous, you need an example or a comparison. - Jacob Samorodin - 10/22/2004 7:26:13 PM
        
        Oooops1 I was trying to show that Bowser has no idea what civilized or uncivilized means. - Jacob Samorodin - 10/22/2004 7:35:24 PM
        
        Logic-chopping and losing. - Bowser - 10/23/2004 2:28:15 AM
        
        Definitions of barbarousness - Mary Anne - 10/22/2004 7:34:44 PM

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