Citizen’s Arrest of Schiavo Judge Planned (Bo Gritz)

Empire Journal | 3.20.05

[ambrose]

Citizen’s Arrest of Schiavo Judge Planned

[BigSkyFreeper]

Yeah, he's back alright. He gives the right wing a bad name.

[Boot Hill]

Bo, give it a rest, you're embarrassing the rest of us and sounding like a damned fool.

--Boot Hill

[GarySpFc]

Bo, give it a rest, you're embarrassing the rest of us and sounding like a damned fool.

I agree. That said, everyone should give Bo awesome respect for his service to the country. The man was a hero among giants.

[GarySpFc]

From the article:

While threatened with arrest at Ruby Ridge and Jordon, Montana, when the smoke-cleared, the much decorated war hero instead walked away with FBI letters of appreciation. Time and events will soon tell if his presence is thus appreciated in Florida.

[Dandydoodley]

If it ever came to a civil war, you would be thankful to have Bo Gritz protecting you while you hide in your little box (ò¿ó)

[isom35]

william shatner once plannd to do a movie on Bo's life, but the project never got off the ground. I think this was around the T. J. Hooker era.

[KneelBeforeZod]

doesn't have to be a felony. well maybe in florida. I did a citizens arrest on a guy vandalizing a car.

[clee1]

I know for a fact in Louisiana it has to be a felony, and I believe that to be the case in Georgia as well.

Don't know what it is elsewhere.

[expatguy]

He may be nuts, but not in this case.

[Boot Hill]

"everyone should give Bo awesome respect for his service to the country."

You can play that card with someone else, his service record doesn't make him immune from receiving valid criticism. If he was man enough to face incoming rounds from the enemy, then he's man enough to face well intentioned criticism. And right now he's become an embarrassement to conservatives.

--Boot Hill

[Rembrandt_fan]

Civil disobedience, as historically understood, is distinct from violent revolution. Thoreau, Gandhi, and ML King committed acts of civil disobedience, and knowingly, willingly paid the legal penalties for doing so. Civil disobedience connotes working within the system in order to change that system. Revolution is the complete overthrow of the existing order, usually violently. Two separate things.

While I would agree that civil disobedience is sometimes necessary in order to call attention to injustice, for example, I disagree that jury nullification is a proper venue for dissatisfaction with the status quo. Not sure of the context of your statement, but nullification (in my view, anyway) is more like an act of sabotage: an act lacking the moral authority of Thoreau-like civil disobedience or the physical courage of the armed revolutionary.

[gentlestrength]

"Bad laws are bad laws. Civil disobedience is sometimes necessary, as is jury nullification."

The Apostle Paul said we are to obey the laws of the land. I think one key is remembering there are two kingdoms, visible and invisible.

I've been furious at Jeb Bush for not giving Terri food and water for 58 hours. That I think required civil disobedience, and required courage to do the right thing.

We are to obey God's laws before man's, and yet one of God's laws is that we are to try to obey the laws of the land.

[CedarDave]

BTTT

(please see my tagline)

[MineralMan]

"everyone should give Bo awesome respect for his service to the country."

While I respect the service of anyone who served, that respect does not extend to any other aspects of their lives. If someone does things after their service that inspire contempt in my, then contempt is what they get for their actions.

Bo Gritz falls into that category. I respect his service, but have contempt for his current actions.

[GarySpFc]

While I respect the service of anyone who served, that respect does not extend to any other aspects of their lives. If someone does things after their service that inspire contempt in my, then contempt is what they get for their actions.

Bo Gritz falls into that category. I respect his service, but have contempt for his current actions.

I do not respect Bo's membership in the Christian Identity movement. Likewise, I have even less respect for someone who labels themselves a "godless atheist."

[pocat]

It's almost comical that some people are calling Gritz a "nazi" when he's trying to SAVE a disabled person from being "disposed of".

Who's the nazi again?

I don't care what his beliefs are at this point. What he's doing might be out of line, but at least he's doing something.

[Squantos]

He was one of the guys arrested trying to gain entry to her room to give her water.

[GarySpFc]

I don't care what his beliefs are at this point. What he's doing might be out of line, but at least he's doing something.

pocat, I couldn't agree with you more.

[Sloth]

I disagree that jury nullification is a proper venue for dissatisfaction with the status quo. Not sure of the context of your statement, but nullification (in my view, anyway) is more like an act of sabotage: an act lacking the moral authority of Thoreau-like civil disobedience or the physical courage of the armed revolutionary.

So what should a juror do when a defendant is charged under an unconstitutional law?

[LibWrangler]

Just another opportunity to further their cause and get some publicity for the du'jour crowd.