Comments on: Should Khalid Sheikh Mohammed be Set Free? http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/should-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-be-set-free/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:26:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: hp http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/should-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-be-set-free/#comment-18114 hp Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:32:07 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/should-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-be-set-free/#comment-18114 Gosh, what I remember Reno for the most, and I'll never forget as long as I live, is Waco. 'The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.' Mencken Gosh, what I remember Reno for the most, and I’ll never forget as long as I live, is Waco.

‘The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.’
Mencken

]]> By: D.R. Munro http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/should-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-be-set-free/#comment-18080 D.R. Munro Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:19:06 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/should-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-be-set-free/#comment-18080 Every time of conflict needs a scapegoat, one person who can be the target for all the hatred and unvented frustration that boils over in any society during a war. I think he should be set free, if only on grounds of hypocrisy of the highest order. Imagine the proceedings: "You stand charged with the indirect deaths of nearly 3,000 innocent people" "But . . . but your President stands charged with the indirect deaths of somewhere around 500,000 innocent people . . ." "Shut up, you're the one with brown-skin here. Guilty! Bring him to gallows!" Meanwhile all the real Eichmanns on Wall Street and DC are allowed to return to their families every night. Maybe we could dress-up some monkeys in business suits and re-stage the Scopes trial. Every time of conflict needs a scapegoat, one person who can be the target for all the hatred and unvented frustration that boils over in any society during a war.

I think he should be set free, if only on grounds of hypocrisy of the highest order. Imagine the proceedings:

“You stand charged with the indirect deaths of nearly 3,000 innocent people”

“But . . . but your President stands charged with the indirect deaths of somewhere around 500,000 innocent people . . .”

“Shut up, you’re the one with brown-skin here. Guilty! Bring him to gallows!”

Meanwhile all the real Eichmanns on Wall Street and DC are allowed to return to their families every night.

Maybe we could dress-up some monkeys in business suits and re-stage the Scopes trial.

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