D'oh! Such laws shouldn't exist in the first place. (Reply #10)

In the discussion thread: David Miranda's detention had no basis in law, says former lord chancellor [View all]

Wed Aug 21, 2013, 04:39 AM

Demeter (85,373 posts)

10. D'oh! Such laws shouldn't exist in the first place.

If 2000+ years of legal jurisprudence couldn't handle it, then I'd worry. But there was plenty of law to deal with "terrorism" without destroying the body of law humanity has built laboriously and painfully over generations.

This law wasn't "law". It was naked aggression of the State, prettied up in sheep's clothing.

And so is the Patriot Act.

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45 replies	Author	Time	Post
David Miranda's detention had no basis in law, says former lord chancellor [View all]	dkf	Aug 2013	OP
K&R	idwiyo	Aug 2013	#1
I hope that some heads are gonna roll.	NealK	Aug 2013	#2
This is just another example of why the critics of these	LuvNewcastle	Aug 2013	#3
I am still wondering why GG would set the one he claim	Thinkingabout	Aug 2013	#4
Do you not believe that Miranda is a grown man who can make his own decisions? n/t	cui bono	Aug 2013	#9
Well, guess you could say he made a decision he will need to deal with, again GG,	Thinkingabout	Aug 2013	#15
Seems you are assuming what they did and did not dicuss before this happened.	cui bono	Aug 2013	#16
You are the one who suggested Miranda made his own decision so you need to direct your	Thinkingabout	Aug 2013	#18
Whoa there! Why the animosity?	cui bono	Aug 2013	#20
I never said GG forced Miranda to make the trip, I said GG used Miranda as his	Thinkingabout	Aug 2013	#21
You did say the following:	cui bono	Aug 2013	#22
Then Miranda should not be upset he was detained nor should GG be upset. If both of	Thinkingabout	Aug 2013	#24
But the issue is whether the law was followed	Yo_Mama	Aug 2013	#27
I am upset about th theft which start this whole mess, we also have laws against espionage but	Thinkingabout	Aug 2013	#34
Are you also upset about the revealings of said "theft"?	cui bono	Aug 2013	#40
Why would I be upset about the revealings in 2013 by Snowden when this information was talked	Thinkingabout	Aug 2013	#41
How much was this talked about when it was revealed that GWB did it?	cui bono	Aug 2013	#43
I've been arrested for civil disobedience with full knowledge that I was likely going to be arrested	Luminous Animal	Aug 2013	#28
Yeah, detention was a possiibility when you're dealing with a jack-booted thug government	joeybee12	Aug 2013	#33
I think they. and all of us. should be very upset. And very troubled.	cui bono	Aug 2013	#38
Let us start simple, did Snowden inform the proper channeks before he stole the files?	Thinkingabout	Aug 2013	#42
Honestly, I can't make any sense of your post.	cui bono	Aug 2013	#44
I think I am repeating myself again but since you insist I answer this question again I will.	Thinkingabout	Aug 2013	#45
You lack any credibility on the matter...	ljm2002	Aug 2013	#17
Loaded term, WTH do you think "mule" means?	Thinkingabout	Aug 2013	#19
Very loaded term. Dehumanization being the entire point of using the term.	Bluenorthwest	Aug 2013	#30
Dehumanizing, yep this is what happened to Miranda. Miranda was smuggling	Thinkingabout	Aug 2013	#36
I completely disagree with Thinkingabout, however, the term mule is a common term	cui bono	Aug 2013	#39
Very loaded	Aerows	Aug 2013	#31
Yep, look it up, I sure did suggest Miranda make this trip, when you take on smuggling	Thinkingabout	Aug 2013	#37
I think his partner is an adult, is he not? I imagine at his age, he can make his own	sabrina 1	Aug 2013	#23
This is a deflection.	Jackpine Radical	Aug 2013	#26
We need a terrorism law to be able to stop somebody	Little Milly	Aug 2013	#5
Just cause	Aerows	Aug 2013	#32
What a uniquely British name he has	Ichingcarpenter	Aug 2013	#6
He doesn't look like I imagined.	LuvNewcastle	Aug 2013	#7
yeah me too	Ichingcarpenter	Aug 2013	#8
He was born in Scotland.	LuvNewcastle	Aug 2013	#11
This message was self-deleted by its author	LuvNewcastle	Aug 2013	#12
So maybe you should edit the other post?	Ichingcarpenter	Aug 2013	#13
D'oh! Such laws shouldn't exist in the first place.	Demeter	Aug 2013	#10
^	Wilms	Aug 2013	#14
I have wondered	Yo_Mama	Aug 2013	#25
Yep you know it! GET UR ASS UDER DA BUS!	Rex	Aug 2013	#29
K&R	RetroLounge	Aug 2013	#35

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