Quote:
|
Originally Posted by martinguerre
Wtf? How does standards of proof say anything? It wont make a guilty person innocent or a innocent person guilty. using excessive force on wide spectrums of the population is totally immoral.
|
Huh??? Compare the conviction rates where the burden of proof is "clear and convincing evidence" as opposed to "proof beyond reasonable doubt."
You insinuate that we're using excessive force on wide spectrums of the population. What do you base this on? Do you really think we're brutalizing large segments of the Iraqi population? Or have there been a few isolated incidents (like three in over a year, involving under 50 people total out of a population in excess of 100K)?
I suggest you go to Ogrish.com, and see what's actually going on. Compare the pictures of the Brits "torturing people" with the pics of Nick Berg's headless body being hung from a bridge or the beheadings of the two Iraqi cops (they're all on the front page), and ask yourself "which group would I rather be the prisoner of?"