[BC] Bill O'Reilly's interesting comments

[DANA PUOPOLO]

But Hitler and Stalin and Saddam Hussein all believed this, Why can't the
neo-cons? So does Osama Bin Laden. THEY all believe(d) that they sit/sat on
the moral high ground and therefore had beliefs that trumped everyone elses'
They all enforced their beliefs with guns. Why can't the U.S. Govt. believe
the same thing?

Oh wait - they do!

-D


cldube wrote:
> Willie:
> 
> I think you need to remember that what the ACLU is defending is not 
> NAMBLA's beliefs or actions, but simply their right to express their 
> viewpoints in court. They are taking on the position of the attorney to 
> the defendant. Does a lawyer who defends a murderer in court necessarily 
> believe that what the murderer did was right? Or that murder is a good 
> thing? Of course not. When the ACLU was defending Ollie North they were 
> acting in the very same capacity. The problem is that many in this 
> country seem to believe that certain defendents in this country don't 
> deserve the basic constitutional right to have their position heard in a 
> court of law because their position is considered obscene or immoral.
> Isn't that what courts are about? To hear both sides of the issue and 
> make a determination based on our legal precedents?
> Heaven help us when any party in this country is not considered "moral" 
> enough to have their side represented in court. It seems that many at 
> Fox, World News Daily etc etc would be comfortable with that as long as 
> their's isn't the amoral position by popular consensus.
> 
> This is simply knee-jerk judgement with little analysis.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <WFIFeng at aol.com>
> To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 7:12 AM
> Subject: [BC] Bill O'Reilly's interesting comments
> 
> 
>> I thought this was very interesting, and enlightening. What does the ACLU
>> *really* stand for? Check it out:
>>
>> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,171995,00.html
>>
>> Willie...
>>
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