Comments on: It’s Gonna Be A Borstal Breakout

By: bfire52

bfire52 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:15:08 +0000

good article, well done

By: earlofhuntingdon

earlofhuntingdon — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:44:55 +0000

Good article. The alliterative reference to “borstal”, a home for youthful criminal offenders in England, undercuts your credibility.

Those unfamiliar with the word understand a fraction of your joke. To those familiar with it, your sarcastic understatement isn’t funny. It merely obscures the contempt and rage civil societies should feel toward those who founded and support Bush’s regime of torture and his secret, lawless prisons.

By: tjbs

tjbs — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:16:01 +0000

My dream is that after the war crime trials the whole administration would be sent to gitmo, sort of an Ester ending to the war crimes thing. Let them wander aimlessly among the terror memories they subjected others to.

And as I take my final breath someone says the day has come when we extend the bill of RIGHTS to all persons, as a minimum.

By: JoeBuck

JoeBuck — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:02:44 +0000

There is a “hybrid process” that is blessed by the Geneva conventions, which is to use military trials, under the same rules that are used if the accused is a member of the US military. That is, reject the fake military tribunals that have been set up, and follow the same rules of procedure that are standard in military courts-martial. This provides slightly less protection to the defendant than a civilian trial, but only slightly, and it means that an established process, one that defense lawyers have trained for, is used.

Any other kind of hybrid approach would mean that the US continues to violate the Geneva Conventions.

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:18:36 +0000

looseheadprop up over at the Mothership

By: cbl2

cbl2 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:17:03 +0000

silly hippies . . .you can bet some ‘Pioneer’ was gonna get the construction contract – prolly CCA

By: cbl2

cbl2 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:15:41 +0000

it’s one of the first that he’s leaking,

amen brother Ackerman.

so many encouraging signs in the last 72 hours alone -

**cadres of wonks locked in ‘tanks’ working to roll back tons of crap

**ACLU commendation to transition team for it’s inclusion of gender identity/sexual orientation in anti discrimination policy

** hiring a real progressive as outreach to progressive community

lots more out there awready

ps to Spencer - I was unaware of who/what were the Borstal Boys - thanks!

the song makes a lot more sense now

By: egregious

egregious — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:13:44 +0000

Laura I see your diary on the list now.

New loosehead at the mothership.

By: MsAnnaNOLA

MsAnnaNOLA — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:06:01 +0000

This is a very tough issue. I don’t see how anything less than a real court case improves our standing in the world. I also don’t see how we have a case against anyone we tortured.

The shrub proves once again that he and everyone around him are masochistic and incredibly dumb.

By: Phoenix Woman

Phoenix Woman — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:52:51 +0000

Thanks, Laura!