Originally Posted by bdhu2001:
Seeing the ACORN tape as illegal, does not mean that people turn a blind eye to corruption. Two wrongs do not make a right.
Again, anyone who breaks the law should go to jail. Regardless of whether or not I like what they did. If you read my statement, it was simply that I want more than the little people who got caught to pay.
Taping the workers is the same as catching the drug dealer and not the person financing the drugs or the right leader. I want all of those doing something illegal to go to jail. Anyone profiting from ACORN, the people who taped ACORN illegally, the Politicians who use their positions for sweetheart deals, all of them.
The people who taped ACORN are acting like journalist and therefore should go to jail just like any other journalist who went over the line for their beliefs.
The people on Dateline, have law enforcement involved. They aren't doing this on their own. They are making sure that what they do stays w/in the confines of the law.
The law is the law. Break it and go to jail.
Followed by:
Originally Posted by Micael:
Amazing. Why aren't you asking about the corruption that runs all the way up to the top ACORN? This is classic "shoot the messenger", which is a diversionary tactic. Plain and simple. The video tapers are NOT the story.
Followed by:
Originally Posted by 1thing2add:
What's amazing is that you have no appreciation for equal application of the law. If justice is blind, it cares not "what the story is". Thanks for clarifying that the only thing of importance to you in this sad affair is political gamesmanship.
Followed by:
Originally Posted by Michael:
Huh? That's your opinion, bub. Don't put words in my mouth.
Followed by:
Originally Posted by 1thing2add:
My opinion, bub? No. A reasonable paraphrase.
And finally:
Originally Posted by groovy:
"Paraphrasing" is a popular euphemism for setting up a strawman argument. It's all the rage!
Obviously, you missed something along the way (except for the opportunity to make this into something it is not). Nice try, strawman.