Carnal Reason

David Swanson engages in public political masturbation over at the Democratic Underground. Here’s the sordid little fantasy, caught in medias res.

3. Form a team. We need teams in California, Texas, New York, and Washington, D.C., among other places. Your mission is to locate a war criminal from the list above in a public place, detain them, handcuff them, phone the police, read the criminal their rights and the charges against them, ask them if they have anything to say in response, videotape the arrest and post it online. Your team should include one or more people who can produce an excellent video and be extremely fast in editing and posting it online. Your team should include people capable of physically detaining your war criminal. Your team should ideally include a lawyer. And, of course, people who can read the charges and question the suspect. Everyone on your team should be able to keep a secret while you’re planning your arrest.

4. Prepare to follow this script.

Apprehend and handcuff the war criminal.

Read the war criminal their rights, rights they have denied others:
“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to have an attorney present during questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you.”

Read the war criminal the charges against them. See above.

Ask the war criminal if they would like to say anything.

Once you have good video footage, your top priority becomes immediately getting it edited (if necessary) and online.

Turn the war criminal over to the police.

Pass out flyers to passersby.

Send statement to the media.

So whom does Mr. Swanson propose to arrest? Rather, whom does Mr. Swanson propose someone else should arrest? War criminals. Bush, Cheney, Rove, Ashcroft, and a host of others.

Mr. Swanson perfectly illustrates the character of the North American Moonbat: self importance based on nothing, and absurd moral posturing absent the intent to actually do a damned thing. They talk the talk, and then they talk some more, pausing only to preen or take a bong hit.

I sure hope I’m wrong about this. I would dearly love to see it happen. Someone please attempt to arrest Cheney for war crimes. I will get on my knees and thank God Almighty if this thing should come to pass. Do it, I beg you. And be sure to keep those cameras rolling when you turn your prisoner over to the police.

Posted on June 4th, 2008 by pwyll
Filed under: politics