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I don't think releasing it is a very big deal, but I support his decision Isaac Send a noteboard - 04/05/2011 11:21:04 PM
Is it barbaric and beneath us? Or necessary?


It's hardly barbaric, we're not planning to drag him around Ground Zero behind a chariot or something, though the idea has some appeal. I find the president's comments, that we don't need to spike the football, to be quite reasonable, as are concerns over inciting violence though I think worrying about trying to appease the people who would do violence over this to be wasted effort. Whichever, if the photo were released I'd click on the link and I'm sure I'd derive some grim satisfaction in seeing him dead, I doubt I'd be alone in that feeling, and I see no reason to feel bad about it. However, it was the president's call to make, and we can always leak it a few months down the road, it seems a reasonable decision, at worst he is erring to heavily on the side of caution and good taste, there's no overriding need to release the photos, so this decision not to is okay by me.
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His head on a spike? - 04/05/2011 06:51:25 PM 1503 Views
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I agree with you two. - 04/05/2011 07:17:58 PM 857 Views
I agree as well. *NM* - 05/05/2011 04:34:22 PM 536 Views
It is the right decision - 04/05/2011 07:20:05 PM 904 Views
No thank you. - 04/05/2011 07:53:15 PM 794 Views
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I have to admit that I thought of it that way. - 04/05/2011 10:01:58 PM 739 Views
No. - 04/05/2011 08:31:47 PM 909 Views
Damn I posted as excalibur again - 04/05/2011 08:32:43 PM 745 Views
At least you're making him sound smart and sensible *NM* - 04/05/2011 08:36:20 PM 461 Views
*NM* - 08/05/2011 12:14:20 PM 481 Views
But how do we know you're not excalibur pretending to be Avienda? - 04/05/2011 08:40:17 PM 901 Views
Or me, pretending to be you? - 04/05/2011 09:56:06 PM 836 Views
Sorry, I'm such a jerkface for doing that *NM* - 04/05/2011 10:06:15 PM 749 Views
You're very unoriginal. *NM* - 04/05/2011 10:07:27 PM 500 Views
Yes you are *NM* - 04/05/2011 10:08:11 PM 502 Views
I vote yes. We should have release the pictures. - 04/05/2011 09:38:37 PM 949 Views
Is it about us? - 04/05/2011 09:48:41 PM 884 Views
If the photo exists, it should be released. Period. - 04/05/2011 10:31:09 PM 1023 Views
I'm not sure that tells me why. - 04/05/2011 10:41:15 PM 890 Views
That isn't the statement I saw from Obama, - 04/05/2011 10:55:57 PM 837 Views
He always gives a bullshit reason for what he does. *NM* - 05/05/2011 03:17:28 AM 418 Views
So, you think "you're too delicate" is a less-bullshit reason? - 05/05/2011 03:22:16 AM 973 Views
No. It's even more bullshit. There is no good reason to keep the photos confidential. *NM* - 05/05/2011 03:51:08 PM 458 Views
Heh. Ok. So says you, so it must be. *NM* - 05/05/2011 05:12:33 PM 494 Views
I seem to remember you asking for my opinion. I gave it. *NM* - 05/05/2011 06:10:33 PM 469 Views
Yes. And I appreciate that part of it. - 05/05/2011 07:14:21 PM 861 Views
Is there a good reason to make them public? *NM* - 06/05/2011 02:19:42 PM 466 Views
There are good reason NOT to disclose them. - 04/05/2011 11:25:45 PM 846 Views
Absurd. - 05/05/2011 03:18:34 AM 883 Views
~shrugs~ - 05/05/2011 09:47:16 AM 928 Views
If it exists, you should be able to consume it? - 05/05/2011 05:59:51 PM 944 Views
It is a government document and we know of its existence, so YES, as a citizen I have a right to it. - 05/05/2011 06:21:00 PM 808 Views
ha... - 05/05/2011 08:06:39 PM 817 Views
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I see no point in doing so. *NM* - 05/05/2011 05:31:32 AM 470 Views
Will he release the death certificate instead? *NM* - 05/05/2011 03:04:04 PM 509 Views
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Good one, Tim! *NM* - 10/05/2011 03:41:19 AM 458 Views
Watch for the photos on Wikileaks - 05/05/2011 08:59:16 PM 1169 Views

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