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| Why Europeans are Wussies |
| 2006-05-07 |
| Posted by:Thraiter Snealet1295 |
| #2 #3's the kicker, SF. ICC aside, the European countries' courts don't have the media circus surrounding terrorist trials that ours do. And the cops can pretty much do what they want to get evidence. In continential Europe, at least, you're pretty much guilty until you prove yourself innocent. They can go their way - and we'll go ours. I know who I'm betting on in the long run - unless the |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-05-07 11:52 |
| #1 To sum up before the rhetoric flows in, while the article's take is that the Europeans are uncomfortable with the American approach simply for being so different, it also states that the European preference for a law enforcement approach has three supporting bits: #1: They beat their domestic terrorists (who were nasty themselves) with this approach. #2: Treated the terrorists as crooks instead of a 'legit' enemy (as in war) and didn't have to deal with the concept of illegal/legal combatants. #3: European police do in fact have more powers than U.S. police (see: "secret police," paramilitaries, stringent anti-terrorism/conspiracy laws, and no Posse Comitatus Act). |
| Posted by: Spomogum Fleper7978 2006-05-07 11:36 |