[Sergio]

“One of the most basic of our constitutional rights is that everyone (including non-citizens) is innocent of any crime until proven guilty in a court of law,” wrote Laurence, whose bio notes that he holds a law degree.

So by Mr. Laurence's definition, a man who has forced himself sexually on unwilling women is not a "rapist", a person who snorts $500 of coke a day is not a "drug addict", and a woman who has sex for money is not a "prostitute", until successfully convicted in a court of law.

[tumblindice]

Nice catch. That’s an example, I believe, of `casuistry”: `a subtle but misleading or false application of ethical principles’.
Another example might be (on another thread here) “multi-faith” holy men urging that the DREAM act be passed because `it’s the right thing to do.’
These sanctimonius frauds have no intention of paying the freight for resident illegal aliens (and their family, friends and shirt-tail relatives) but they preach to us that we must do so and if we don’t, well, it’s because we’re bad people.