From: Charlie Stross (charlie@antipope.org)
Date: Wed Nov 21 2001 - 12:40:37 MST
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 08:59:08AM -0800, Brian D Williams wrote:
>
> >Stop brow-beating yourself and start worrying about the effect
> >dealing with barbarians is going to have on _our_ core values.
> >Speaking as a hard- core liberal, I'm more worried about detention
> >without judicial review and military tribunals getting a toe-hold
> >in the west than I am about western values teaching the poor
> >tribesmen how to read and write.
>
> While no one is proposing these things for citizens, I agree that
> this will require watching.
That does not make any difference to me. I am not a US citizen;
if those proposals are adopted I will cease my occasional habit
of visiting friends in your country and spending my money enhancing
your balance of trade (via tourism).
I mean, would *you* want to visit a European state where the
government had passed regulations saying that basically you
relinquished all rights to due process of law by entering their
borders, and if they felt like it they could have you arrested,
tried by a military tribunal, and executed on the spot with no
appeal?
-- Charlie
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