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To: jude24
Oh, there's solid logic. (Guilt by association logical fallacy.)

Yep, he was personal assistant, bodyguard and driver for Osama Bin Laden, but don't let that stop you from supporting him with your amicus brief ...

38 posted on 10/08/2006 6:34:49 PM PDT by af_vet_1981
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To: af_vet_1981
Even drivers for Osama Bin Laden are entitled to some due process under the Geneva Convention.

The guilt by association is not for Hamdan. If he truly did aid Bin Laden, and that is proven in a court of law, then he should be punished.

The guilt-by-association fallacy was in saying that "Al Queda agrees," as though that invalidates my argument. (Although I suspect Al Queda doesn't particularly care whether or not we give them trials. They see themselves as Islamic martyrs. They don't care if they get caught. No, trials are to maintain our own moral superiority.)

40 posted on 10/08/2006 6:49:47 PM PDT by jude24 ("I will oppose the sword if it's not wielded well, because my enemies are men like me.")
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