03 April 2008

Religion of Peace 'Daily Update'

Now, let's see... that'll be a fatwa on you... and you and you...
Al-Qaeda deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri has defended attacks on the UN... "The United Nations is an enemy of Islam and Muslims," said Mr Zawahiri in the 90-minute message.

Mr Zawahiri also called for attacks on Jews both inside and outside Israel. "We promise our Muslim brothers that we will do our utmost to strike Jewish people in Israel and abroad with help and guidance from God," he said.
Hey, Ayman... you might get away with going after a soft target like the UN... but don't be too surprised if those other guys actually smite you back.

I'm just sayin'.

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RELATED: Speaking of "just desserts"

So DNA gathered surreptitiously helps get guilty verdicts... but some "critics" say the practice violates privacy rights.

Oh, wait a minute... by critics, they mean defense lawyers.

That sure clears things up.
The practice, known among law enforcement officials as “surreptitious sampling,” is growing in popularity even as defense lawyers and civil liberties advocates argue that it violates a constitutional right to privacy.

Law enforcement officials say they are just trying to solve crimes. Over the last few years, several hundred suspects have been implicated by the traces of DNA they unwittingly shed well after the crime was committed, according to law enforcement officials.
Let's also consider the flip side of the equation here...
Many more have been eliminated from suspicion without ever knowing that their coffee cups, tissues, straws, utensils and cigarette butts were subject to DNA analysis by the police.
So, to recap... guilty people get nailed... innocent people are exonerated.

Somebody wanna give me the real downside here?

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LAST WORD: And no, my friends...
Courage is not simply 'grace under fire'.
(via sda)

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