Letters to the Editor
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Constitution, si... Fanaticism, no...
I don't get it. Just because the bomb was jerryrigged instead of sophisticated absolves her of participating in a dangerous act? Or... the act wasn't dangerous enough? (Unless, of course, someone got poached while innocently going about his business in the building - or a firefighter lost his or her life.) Or... is it the fact that her accomplices got cold feet and ratted her out? (Moral: Never trust pampered white kids, no matter how committed they think they are.)
No: She should not be locked up in one of our offshore torture pestholes - but neither should Padilla or any of the other real and imagined enemies we snatched from the four corners of the globe.
We need to go back to the rule of law... and we need to pick our Constitutional poster kids more carefully. Look at her eyes. It's spooky: Her sanctimony and absolute certainty of the righteousness of her extremism scream out of the photo. This woman is capable of ANYTHING.
No: Let's not prop up fanatics, regardless of the trendiness of their zeal, the popularity of their cause. It's not like they need any encouragement.