August 05, 2005
What are these rights you speak of?
When Ramzi Mohammed, one of the failed bombers in the second wave of attacks on London, was surrounded by representatives of the decadent, infidel West, he didn't shriek, "Allahu Akbar!" and throw himself at his captors in a suicidal lunge for martyrdom. No, instead he whined, "I have rights! I have rights!"I was willing to bet we'd be arguing about this odd plea for weeks. One side would complain, "Can you believe the chutzpah?" The other side would applaud how even alienated Islamic youth have learned to respect the majesty of our criminal-justice system.
Of course, I'm squarely in the "Can you believe the chutzpah?" column.
Read the whole thing, it's excellent.
Posted by Karol at August 5, 2005 03:19 PM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags: Ramzi+Mohammed London+Bombings London+Bombs London+Tube+Bombings
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Is it all right if I neither tut-tut his chutzpah or praise his knowledge of civics and come down squarely in the middle and applaud the Western legal system for bestowing those rights?
Posted by: Charles at August 6, 2005 11:54 AMHe stoled it from "Dirty Harry."
Posted by: ll at August 8, 2005 10:16 PMPost a comment
