From: Lloyd Parker on
In article <11014$45b7f4f1$4fe743d$22557(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
>Eeyore wrote:
>
>> unsettled wrote:
>
>>>T Wake wrote:
>
>>>>Nonsense.
>
>>>I have to ask this. Are you by any chance a Muslim?
>
>> LOL !
>
>> All Americans seem to think that not to consider Muslims contemptible
devious
>> plotters and liars must mean you're a Muslim yourself !
>
>T Wake must have a lot of insight into a culture one is led to
>believe by his "Britishness" is completely alien to him because
>he answers frequently, thoroughly, and authoritatively to all
>issues about Islam and the many middle eastern mentalities. The
>question, then, is a natural one. Perhaps he isn't but one of
>his parents is, or somesuch. He must draw all this wisdom from
>somewhere, after all. Or do you think he's just talking through
>his hat? Is he a loser like you, making believe he knows more than
>he does? Tell us, dumb donkey, which is it?
>
>We have an announced presidential candidate, Obama, here in
>the US who has been trying to cover his early childhood
>upbringing as a Muslim.

How is he trying to hide it? And again you show your contempt for the
constitution.

>
>"Sleepers" on usenet are not unusual though they are so rare
>that this is the first one as a presidential candidate. We
>have an excellent example of one who has been around physics
>newsgroups for years, Claude Masse.
>
>You don't have any idea about "all Americans seem to" this or
>that. Hell, you can't seem to spend a day understanding the
>most elementary discussions in this thread, let alone
>understand an entire nation and culture over an equal period.
>
>> Americans are *very* dangerous. And that's now majority UK thinking AIUI.
Most
>> Britons see the USA as a danger to world stability and peace.
>
>You're certainly fucked up enough to really believe that sort
>of thing and also to think an entire majority in your nation
>believes as you do. You're a classic loser who turns to usenet
>to help you to make believe you have any sort of a life at all
>so you hardly know what most Brits let alone Americans think
>let alone any actual form of reality.
>
>I'll now return to leaving you to your self imposed misery.
>
>Civil discourse is appropriately engaged in with civil people,
>which leaves you out.
>

LOL! You're the one claiming all Muslims are terrorists.
From: Lloyd Parker on
In article <6f37f$45b7d4b2$4fe74e1$20782(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
>Ken Smith wrote:
>
>> In article <ep7plh$8qk_001(a)s899.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>,
>> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote:
>> [.....]
>>
>>>Or the defense attorney produces a legal loophole. That's
>>>what happened in Italy. Now, I have not heard if Italy's
>>>legislatures (or whatever they call theirs) has plugged
>>>the loopholes. England's response was holding people for 30 days.
>>>This is not adequate.
>>
>>
>> These "loop holes" you see are the rights of defendants to a trial etc.
>
>Usually they're mistakes made by legislators when they're
>drafting a new law.
>
>> You are arguing that the government should be able to hold people without
>> cause for as long as the government chooses to do so.
>
>I haven't seen that. Has she actually said that?
>
>Besides, they have probable cause sufficient to make the arrest,
>and that's not nothing usually.

Probably cause is NOT the standard for making an arrest.

"You're under arrest because you probably robbed a bank!"


>
>> The terrorists have already won. You have given up everything
> > you hoped to defend.
>
>Not true either. Certainly not "everything." I'd like to see a
>law under which a person is paid whatever their usual earnings
>are while they're incarcerated until they are convicted, including
>fringe benefits. That would move justice along much faster.
>
From: Lloyd Parker on
In article <30857$45b7d03a$4fe74e1$20032(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
>Ken Smith wrote:
>
>> In article <ep7p9v$8qk_005(a)s899.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>,
>> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote:
>> [.....]
>>
>>>>In the UK you can't buy yourself out of jail by posting a bail bond. It's
>>>
>>>down to
>>>
>>>>the police themselves in simple cases and a judge in more serious cases
>>>
>>>whether
>>>
>>>>bail will be offered.
>>>
>>>What if your judge has your opinion that there isn't any serious
>>>threats by these terrorists?
>>
>>
>> In that case, chances are he is right. In England, however, the person is
>> still likely to be remanded (held) pending the trial. The trial will
>> happen soon there after. Bail is less frequent in the UK than in the US.
>> On a serious charge, the judge is not as likely to offer it.
>>
>>
>>>>Terrorists would clearly be held ( and are so in fact ) on remand pending
>>>
>>>their
>>>
>>>>trial.
>>>
>>>But only if your police can gather enough evidence to prove there
>>>is a likelihood of guilt. I think London escaped a mess by the
>>>skin of their teeth.
>>
>>
>> If the police don't have enough evidence, the person is not very likely to
>> be in front of the judge in the first place. The police don't go around
>> arresting people at random.
>>
>>
>
>Read about probable cause. The threshold to arrest is
>less than the threshold to indict is less than the
>threshold to convict.
>
No. Probable cause is the standard for a search or a search warrant. You
don't arrest someone on that standard.
From: Lloyd Parker on
In article <ed40e$45b7d8bd$4fe74e1$21422(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
>T Wake wrote:
>
>
>>>These people take years to plan their attacks. And you think 30 days
>>>is too long?!
>
>> Yes. You dont know what you are talking about here, you just felt the need
>> to throw in a soundbite.
>
>> How long do *you* think a suspected criminal should be detained before he
or
>> she is charged with a crime?
>
>Arrest is under probable cause, not merely suspicion.
>

Which must be decided by a judge promptly at the preliminary hearing, or bail
hearing, etc. And if the police didn't have probable cause, they open
themselves to a lawsuit for false arrest.

>>>They don't care about jail.
>
>> Incorrect.
>
>How do you know?
>
>>>Most see it as a recruitment opportunity.
>
>> False assumption.
>
>How do you know?
>
>>>You keep assuming that these people are deterred by Western
>>>civilization laws and the punishments associated with breaking
>>>them. You have an invalid assumption.
>
>> Nonsense.
>
>I have to ask this. Are you by any chance a Muslim?
>
>
>
From: Lloyd Parker on
In article <4b867$45b7d141$4fe74e1$20240(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
>Ken Smith wrote:
>
>> In article <7539e$45b764bc$4fe7370$11158(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
>> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
>> [.....]
>>
>>>Unless they're held under conditions not acceptable to some
>>>of our "friends" they'll continue with their program from
>>>jail.
>>
>>
>> This is simply false and I believe beneath you.
>
>For Christs sakes it has been done. The lawyer is in
>prison for being the carrier. Get a grip already.
>
>These people need to be held under conditions which don't
>allow any communication with the outside. That includes
>prevention of contact with randomly chosen or appointed
>lawyers and clergy.

And if we were a fascist state, you'd be right. Unfortunately, we've got that
pesky bill of rights. I know you right-wingers hate it.

>
>I can hear the objections already.
>

Yes, the US constitution, which you despise.

>> The things that have been
>> objected to by myself and others are things like torture of prisoners.
>
>Your threshold of what constitutes torture and mine differ vastly.
>
>> You appear to be arguing that prisoners must be tortured to prevent them
>> from continuing in their effort. Please tell me this isn't true.
>
>Whose standards are you using.
>
>
>