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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I guess that depends on where you think the rights came from. If you think that it's self-evident that all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, among them Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness, you may also think that to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. But even if the Governments' powers derive from the consent of the governed, those unalienable Rights are endowed nonetheless by the Creator.
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I believe someone is mocking me. However, I know I am a naive irrational moron, but I believe in the above statement. However, most of these occupants at Gitmo have been trampling on other peoples rights (most particularly their right to life) and thus they have sacrificed their own rights. However, contrary to popular belief, I am not a big fan of torturing people (unless of course it is to promote free markets). So unless these people have one hell of a justification for treating the prisoners the way the FBI agent reported they did, they should be locked up also. Anyone that tortures people just for Kicks and Giggles, even if the victimes are terrorists, I don't want them walking the streets anywhere in the world even if they watch baseball, are apple pie and cornfed and are from America's heartland. I am also concerned about innocent people being held at Gitmo (people evening tribal scores etc) and don't think it is too much to ask for them to tell us what measures they have taken not to detain the innocent.
