[Odile]

//. . . getting into constitutional issues (which is a monster that would threaten us all at some point) and [give rise to the issue of?]
"Thought Crimes"

We have laws against violent behavior, those are more then sufficient.\\

There's where you are wrong. These people are essentially "enemy combatants" -- or the moral equivalent of SPIES that have been planted in our midst. Their so-called "religion" is nothing more than a cloak for subversive, seditious activity.

This is not a LEGAL problem and should not be treated as such. Enemy combatants must be placed under MARTIAL Law, and ought to have NO rights whatsoever under our Civil Laws -- and CERTAINLY no access to our court system.

You must be lacking in knowledge of our history not to realize that these textbook, schoolgirlish notions of constitutionality have been firmly set aside by SEVERAL of our greatest leaders in times past when the security -- and the very LIFE -- of the United States was threatened.

Does the name Abraham Lincoln ring any bells? Some would argue today that he acted "illegally" and ought, therefore, to be discredited by historical revisionists, but the fact remains that we wouldn't HAVE the Unites States -- as we have known it -- if it hadn't been for Lincoln's firm, decisive, and decidedly EXTRA-LEGAL actions and policies.

Dire straits call for dire measures. Having the courage to act "outside the box," as it were, is one of the hall marks of greatness.

Your neat, legalistic interpretation of "proper" policy would have us all under the yoke of tyranny in a heartbeat. I wish with all my heart that G.W. Bush had the same kind of wisdom, political courage and derring do that Lincoln possessed in the nineteenth century!

[Jhoffa_]

This is not a LEGAL problem and should not be treated as such. Enemy combatants must be placed under MARTIAL Law, and ought to have NO rights whatsoever under our Civil Laws -- and CERTAINLY no access to our court system.

LOL!

So now you support the Federal Government calling peaceful American Citizens "enemy combatants" and denying them constitutional protection... all because they choose to use their first amendment right to worship a religion with which you do not agree?

Dire straits call for dire measures. Having the courage to act "outside the box," as it were, is one of the hall marks of greatness.

Your neat, legalistic interpretation of "proper" policy would have us all under the yoke of tyranny in a heartbeat. I wish with all my heart that G.W. Bush had the same kind of wisdom, political courage and derring do that Lincoln possessed in the nineteenth century!

ROFL!

You sir, are the reason the rest of us are subjected to Dubya's "religion of peace" speeches and Ad Council commercials over and over.

He's talking to potentially dangerous and misguided people like yourself