Posted on 11/29/2001 2:45:02 PM PST by Grut
Everybody knows Christopher Hitchins, the British journalist who, from his vantage point at The Nation, gets up practically everybody's nose.
While he's been useful in the past with his scathing criticisms of the Clinton Administration, lately he's been equally vituperative about President Bush and the War on Terrorism. He recently had the temerity to refer to "Attorney General Ashcroft's megalomaniacal plan to turn the United States into a national-security garrison", which ought to give you some idea where he's coming from.
Rather than continuing to tolerate this resident British carper, why don't we show him we respect the written word enough to punish those who misuse it to comfort America's enemies? Clearly, by his denunciation of the sensible steps America has taken to protect itself, he is aligning himself with them.
At one time, we would have been stymied by a foolish interpretation of the First Amendment which allowed foreigners, simply because they were here in America, to write whatever they wanted regardless of its impact on American interests. But now we understand that the protections of that Amendment are reserved for citizens and, moreover, that this is a very general qualification; that non-citizens have no rights under the Constitution.
What we need to do with Hitchins is arrest him, charge him with abetting terrorism, convict him by Military Tribunal and execute him, all under a blanket of security. Fortunately, this is now possible and the government doesn't even need to acknowledge it's happening, or has happened. America owes Hitchins nothing, and especially not 'due process', because he is not an American.
The difference is whatever the government says it is, including "no difference at all." That's what 'not having rights' means.
How nice of you to get there before all of us who "seem to be headed" that way - to you.
I think your post should be in the dictionary of logic under "Straw Man."
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