This logic, I think, is actually used in the American criminal justice system. In the novel, The Animal Factory, by Edward “Mr Blue in Reservoir Dogs” Bunker a guy in prison for dealing drugs becomes violent in order to protect himself. When up for sentence adjustment, the judge says “You may not have been violent before, but now you are and we can’t let you out.” I realize this is just a novel, but Bunker spent decades in prison and knew what he was talking about.

Not saying this isn’t crazy talk, just that it’s road tested crazy talk.

775 detainees have been brought to Guantanamo, approximately 420 of which have been released. As of August 9, 2007, approximately 355 detainees remain. More than a fifth are cleared for release but may have to wait months or years because U.S. officials are finding it increasingly difficult to allocate places to send them, according to officials and defense lawyers. Of the roughly 355 still incarcerated, U.S. officials said they intend to eventually put 60 to 80 on trial and free the rest.

So 775 people were rounded up at random and detained for long periods in violation of every human right. US officials admit that there is no reason to suspect about 700 of them, though nearly 300 no-evidence cases are still detained due to administrative inertia or the potential embarrassment of releasing them. Meanwhile, of the 420 people who have been released, one has been linked to a bomb attack, though it is not clear whether his anti-US feelings predated or were a result of his detention.
Mirengoff concludes that it would therefore be crazy to ever release any of the nearly 300 no-evidence-but-still-detained prisoners. It is not clear whether he also wants to re-arrest the 420 released ones.

I am going to write a Living Will, against the possibility that an accident or old age leaves me morally dead and I am reduced to making arguments like that, authorising my family to euthanase me quietly and use my body parts for transplants.

But if he went to jail, and then had sex with some guy, the Religious Right would demand his incarceration for homosexuality. And since he’s a Republican, we would never know if he’d secretly been having homosex before going to The Big House. So, the only way to keep him out of jail is to keep him out of jail. Since this post shows that getting detained indefinitely has nothing to do with actual crimes, we can see the advantages. Right?

Stephen Colbert came to the same conclusion after debating himself in Formidable Opponent.

Speaking as someone who wasn’t supposed to live to see 14, I know how hard it is on the family and friends–especially the parents. I can only hope they (and you) take comfort in their memories and the fact that he is no longer suffering.

The younger the person is, the harder. We feel they did not get good value.

To quote…

Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that’s how it always starts. Then later there’s running and screaming.

My condolences, g.

Like, freedom to imprison innocent people, for example…

Wish I had more to offer…

Godwin’s Law ought not apply in this instance.

And I agree that Steyn shouldn’t be prosecuted. He should be mocked and humiliated, just like all of these asshats.

And as all capitalists know, the creation of jobs is the most important endeavor ever.

I jumped ahead and posted. I’ll post again.

My condolences, g.

16 years old. How unfair.

A bellicose champion of the West, Steyn predicts in his new book, “America Alone,” that Muslims will swarm over Europe

The champion of bedwetting.

In Canada, the law makes such questions the government’s decision.

Gross exaggeration. Citizens complain, a tribunal is held, all sides argue. A slap on the wrist may or may not be ordered. Enforcement is likewise slack.