Perhaps you didn't mean it to be so, but this is insulting. I have a law degree - you can see the above post for more about me. I *never* suggested that *any* of bin Laden's family members be jailed. And I may, for all I know, be basing that question on inaccurate information, though so far as I know it has never been refuted. I got the question from Michael Moore, who, in "Fahrenheit 9/11", stated that, while thousands of people were camped out at airports, and all flights were grounded, the members of bin Laden's family were allowed to fly out without ever having been questioned. In other words, they got special privileges which ordinary Americans and other visitors did not get. At the same time, hundreds, if not thousands, of Arab immigrants and Arab Americans were being arrested on suspicion of supporting terrorism, sometimes without any cause or due process. I do *not* suggest that the same should have happened to the bin Laden family. I don't think such things should happen to anybody. But to ask someone a few questions about a relative is not the same thing as arresting them.
But, of course, I am assuming that Mr. Moore, who was certainly persuasive, was telling the truth. Maybe he wasn't. I don't know.
In any case, you didn't really have to be so insulting.
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Date: 2006-12-16 04:04 am (UTC)But, of course, I am assuming that Mr. Moore, who was certainly persuasive, was telling the truth. Maybe he wasn't. I don't know.
In any case, you didn't really have to be so insulting.