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> if they are being charged with something, they are in the public record. That public record includes public documentation of where they were taken, why, and s
by barbazoo 3y ago
> if they are being charged with something, they are in the public record. That public record includes public documentation of where they were taken, why, and sufficient documentation to allow both the public to be informed and for intervention in case of abuse of power.
> Otherwise, we don't live in a functional democracy.
I agree with all of that but I wonder if this has anything to do with living in a democracy.
- seadan83 3y agoWithout those protections people can be disappeared or put in jail for no reason (perhaps to prevent their attendance somewhere else). It gets to the heart of habeais corpus
- fishtacos 3y agoExactly - we need transparency so the public does not feel threatened by unknowns, has trust in general governance, has trust in the economic system, political system, criminal system... Democratic secular republics haven't been around for very long. Lest we forget, given how short our lifetime spans, nothing is written for us. We create history as we live it. Trying our best doesn't seem to cut it so far, but I'll take it over any alternative.