HA, this is not the forum for it but perhaps somewhere else you might explain where you stand.
The way US law used to work, you or anybody else got to torture whenever you thought it was a good idea, and then you could expect to stand trial. If the police thought you did the right thing they might choose not to investigate, if the DA thought you did the right thing he might not prosecute, if the grand jury thought you did the right thing they might not continue, if the jury thought you did the right thing they might not convict, if the judge thought you did the right thing he might give a suspended sentence, and then if the governor or president thought you did the right thing he might pardon you.
The new way, the Bush administration gets to torture you if they sort of imagine you might fit some sort of criteria, with no oversight by anybody but them, and then if it turns out they were wrong and you don’t fit their criteria they suffer no consequences, they don’t owe you any money or apology or even an oops, in many cases they don’t even have to let you go.
Somewhere along the continuum between those two is the approach that maximises your survival. I wonder where along that line it is. But as I understand it this blog is devoted to studying bias and not to a straightforward study of what’s good for you. Maybe somewhere else....
HA, this is not the forum for it but perhaps somewhere else you might explain where you stand.
The way US law used to work, you or anybody else got to torture whenever you thought it was a good idea, and then you could expect to stand trial. If the police thought you did the right thing they might choose not to investigate, if the DA thought you did the right thing he might not prosecute, if the grand jury thought you did the right thing they might not continue, if the jury thought you did the right thing they might not convict, if the judge thought you did the right thing he might give a suspended sentence, and then if the governor or president thought you did the right thing he might pardon you.
The new way, the Bush administration gets to torture you if they sort of imagine you might fit some sort of criteria, with no oversight by anybody but them, and then if it turns out they were wrong and you don’t fit their criteria they suffer no consequences, they don’t owe you any money or apology or even an oops, in many cases they don’t even have to let you go.
Somewhere along the continuum between those two is the approach that maximises your survival. I wonder where along that line it is. But as I understand it this blog is devoted to studying bias and not to a straightforward study of what’s good for you. Maybe somewhere else....