Comments on: Hamas doesn’t need to be investigated for war crimes, says human rights groups http://www.cassyfiano.com/2009/02/hamas-doesnt-need-to-be-investigated-for-war-crimes-says-human-rights-groups Smokin' Hot Commentary Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stephen J. http://www.cassyfiano.com/2009/02/hamas-doesnt-need-to-be-investigated-for-war-crimes-says-human-rights-groups/comment-page-1#comment-7860 Stephen J. Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:37:43 +0000 http://www.cassyfiano.com/?p=2039#comment-7860 And, of course, it helps if you're a legally appointed officer of the peace in the first place with actual enforcement powers, rather than just a private citizen trying desperately to dig up proof of your own dislike for one of your neighbours. And, of course, it helps if you’re a legally appointed officer of the peace in the first place with actual enforcement powers, rather than just a private citizen trying desperately to dig up proof of your own dislike for one of your neighbours.

]]> By: Stephen J. http://www.cassyfiano.com/2009/02/hamas-doesnt-need-to-be-investigated-for-war-crimes-says-human-rights-groups/comment-page-1#comment-7858 Stephen J. Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:30:14 +0000 http://www.cassyfiano.com/?p=2039#comment-7858 On the surface it makes sense. You're a cop, you're dealing with two suspects, one smart, one stupid. You've already got video evidence of the stupid suspect pulling his crimes, you don't need to waste further time and manpower on it. It's the smart suspect, the one who hasn't been caught doing anything, who you have to investigate. Of course, you do have to have some basis for assuming this "smart suspect" is guilty of something in the first place, and not just an innocent civilian acting in self-defense. Anonymous tips and neighbour testimony have their place, but not if the neighbours are crack junkies and mental patients, while the anonymous tipsters have suspicious connections of their own to groups well known to hate the suspect.... On the surface it makes sense. You’re a cop, you’re dealing with two suspects, one smart, one stupid. You’ve already got video evidence of the stupid suspect pulling his crimes, you don’t need to waste further time and manpower on it. It’s the smart suspect, the one who hasn’t been caught doing anything, who you have to investigate.

Of course, you do have to have some basis for assuming this “smart suspect” is guilty of something in the first place, and not just an innocent civilian acting in self-defense. Anonymous tips and neighbour testimony have their place, but not if the neighbours are crack junkies and mental patients, while the anonymous tipsters have suspicious connections of their own to groups well known to hate the suspect….

]]> By: Mat http://www.cassyfiano.com/2009/02/hamas-doesnt-need-to-be-investigated-for-war-crimes-says-human-rights-groups/comment-page-1#comment-7856 Mat Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:55:38 +0000 http://www.cassyfiano.com/?p=2039#comment-7856 To Amnesty International: Logic, doth fail me... To Amnesty International: Logic, doth fail me…

]]> By: rwdowd3 http://www.cassyfiano.com/2009/02/hamas-doesnt-need-to-be-investigated-for-war-crimes-says-human-rights-groups/comment-page-1#comment-7851 rwdowd3 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:50:20 +0000 http://www.cassyfiano.com/?p=2039#comment-7851 All I can say is, un-freakin-believable. All I can say is, un-freakin-believable.

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