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Baraka_Guru · 01-30-2010, 11:27 AM

GreyWolf: I don't understand your response. You don't agree with the Supreme Court decision that Khadr's rights were violated? You don't think CSIS et al are bound by the Charter in this case, dealing with a Canadian citizen?

james t kirk: "What ifs" aren't very useful. They are an exercise of fantasy, especially at this point. I regard this case as more about upholding the Charter in a post-9/11 world. I regard it as how Canada's affairs reflect us as a nation, both to ourselves and abroad. We are in the minority in terms of how we handled our nationals who ended up in Guatanamo. I think this case deserves due process. Obama has shut down the commission. Khadr should be brought home to face justice here based on that alone, but unfortunately the case is made more complex by the fact that human rights violations are involved.

There is no longer any reason why Khadr should remain in U.S. custody. He should be extradited to Canada and held accountable to our own justice system. Justice in American hands has failed...miserably.

01-30-2010, 11:27 AM	#40 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	GreyWolf: I don't understand your response. You don't agree with the Supreme Court decision that Khadr's rights were violated? You don't think CSIS et al are bound by the Charter in this case, dealing with a Canadian citizen? james t kirk: "What ifs" aren't very useful. They are an exercise of fantasy, especially at this point. I regard this case as more about upholding the Charter in a post-9/11 world. I regard it as how Canada's affairs reflect us as a nation, both to ourselves and abroad. We are in the minority in terms of how we handled our nationals who ended up in Guatanamo. I think this case deserves due process. Obama has shut down the commission. Khadr should be brought home to face justice here based on that alone, but unfortunately the case is made more complex by the fact that human rights violations are involved. There is no longer any reason why Khadr should remain in U.S. custody. He should be extradited to Canada and held accountable to our own justice system. Justice in American hands has failed...miserably. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 01-30-2010 at 11:29 AM..