Not only do you not understand "social justice", you don't understand "justice" either.

Current Events » in reply to Frankly, Bowser, I don't give a damn. As long as he was REALLY a terrorist, I don't care WHAT was done to him. Got it? Whatever happened to him, he deserved it, and more.

Mary Anne — 11/2/2004 1:35:04 AM (archived)

Justice is not vengeance. Justice is a virtue administered by civilized peoples, not by thugs in back rooms.

When justice is dumbed down to revenge, we turn from the rule of law to the rule of gangs.

Maybe you'd like that. As long as your gang is winning.

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Navy SEAL: Iraqi abused in CIA's 'romper room' - Prisoner later died - Bowser - 11/1/2004 9:40:33 PM
- Frankly, Bowser, I don't give a damn. As long as he was REALLY a terrorist, I don't care WHAT was done to him. Got it? Whatever happened to him, he deserved it, and more. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/1/2004 10:01:23 PM
  - You can tell he was a terrorist---he didn't have a Bush sticker on his car..... (n/t) - Publius - 11/2/2004 3:33:05 PM
  - Not only do you not understand "social justice", you don't understand "justice" either. - Mary Anne - 11/2/2004 1:35:04 AM
    - You said "Justice is not vengeance." Wrong. Justice is RETRIBUTION, which is revenge in polite language. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/2/2004 2:10:55 AM
      - Not according to the foundations of our legal system, constitution and federal democracy. But since when has a little fact stopped the right wing in this joint? (n/t) - Davin L. - 11/2/2004 2:05:29 PM
      - Justice is enforcement of the law. - Mary Anne - 11/2/2004 12:03:14 PM
  - Isn't that the attitude Al Qaeda has towards the 9/11 victims? - LJ - 11/1/2004 10:31:14 PM
    - re: Isn't that the attitude Al Qaeda has towards the 9/11 victims? EXACTLY. We must return to them what they gave to us. "An eye for an eye" is a good standard of retribution. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/2/2004 8:54:08 AM
      - So, in order to put an end to terror, we must become terrorists! - Mary Anne - 11/2/2004 12:07:11 PM
        
        We must do to them what they do to us. That is the realpolitck of the issue. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/2/2004 3:24:47 PM
        
        A public apology to Lee - Fox - 11/3/2004 2:11:00 AM
        
        You would have the lowest scum on Earth set the moral level of the US??!! - Bowser - 11/2/2004 4:20:29 PM
        
        re: No. I think he would just eliminate the lowest scum. - Scott Evil - 11/2/2004 5:50:56 PM
        
        When one acts like the lowest scum, one *is* the lowest scum. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 11/2/2004 8:43:46 PM

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