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To: snarks_when_bored
Ben Stein's a smart guy, but about this case he's mistaken.

The fact is, the guy can be guilty but the tactics used to expose him can still be denounced as inappropriate. See McCarthyism in the 50s for an example. The Communists ferreted out by McCarthy may have indeed been Communists but most people think the tactics he used to find them (naming names, blacklists, loyalty oaths, etc) were deplorable.

55 posted on 09/04/2007 8:36:23 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: FreedomCalls

So we just have to let the perverts run wild in order to preserve our freedoms?


57 posted on 09/04/2007 8:39:28 PM PDT by claudiustg (You know it. I know it.)
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To: FreedomCalls

I guess I don’t see much of an analogy between McCarthyism and police undercover sting operations targeting solicitation of lewd behavior in a public restroom.


63 posted on 09/04/2007 8:43:04 PM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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