Where The Torture Never Stops...

[Sandy Sandfort]

Steve Thompson wrote:

> Sent: 25 October, 2001 22:46
> To: cypherpunks at einstein.ssz.com
> Subject: Re: Where The Torture Never Stops...
>
>
> Quoting Sandy Sandfort (sandfort at mindspring.com):
> > "Onin wal-a bin Hakkin" wrote:
> >
> > > but in all candor, dont ya think
> > > that if a guy is there who SHOULDNT
> > > be there, he wouldnt be there
> > > after a decent timeframe of investigation?
> >
> > If you were innocent of any crime and were thrown in the
> slammer with bad
> > people and given no opportunity to contact friends or lawyers,
> what would
> > you consider "a decent timeframe of investigation" before they cut you
> > loose?  If/when they did cut you loose would you say, "Hey, no
> hard feeling,
> > I know you have a job to do," or would you seek some sort of
> compensation?
>
> That would be my view.  After all, mistakes do happen and so we
> should all be
> understanding of our and their all-too-human failings which
> occasionaly lead
> to minor inconveniences.

Help me out here folks.  Am I being humor impaired here and not recognizing
this as satire or could it be that Steve really believes that having one's
freedom stripped away in the most offensive manner is really a "minor
incovenience"?  Damn, if it's the latter, everyone who ever fought for
freedom in America must be spinning in their graves.


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