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I think the issue is whether or not the government can "disappear" people. In other countries, we've already been doing this for decades, but in theory, at leas

I think the issue is whether or not the government can "disappear" people. In other countries, we've already been doing this for decades, but in theory, at least, it doesn't happen to US citizens. If the US is allowed to just send a drone strike on a US citizen, who is otherwise entitled to due process, the thinking is that the government can just ignore due process and start killing people from afar. Bad precedent.

ambiate 12y ago
As a democracy and regardless of citizenship, doesn't _everyone_ deserve due process? The first thought that crosses my mind are Canadian terrorist mounties with snow wolves, snow mobiles, alcohol and aboots. Would they be droned by the US or captured and trialed?
- SatoshiPacioli 12y ago
  > As a democracy and regardless of citizenship, doesn't _everyone_ deserve due process? Not if they are an imminent threat.
  - rational-future 12y ago
    >> Not if they are an imminent threat to the corrupted establishment.
- microcolonel 12y ago
  No public evidence that this has happened yet, though I wouldn't doubt that it's been done. (terrorist mountie here, funded by illegal maple syrup trafficking if you really must know ;)
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- anonbanker 12y ago
  It's "a-boat." "Aboot" is a south park joke.