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[chasovschik]

Фрум в Атлантике насмешил: после пары лет яростного невер-трампизма и ядовитых твитов вдруг призывает к благоразумию и сдержанности. Сделайте, мол, глубокий вдох.

Статья вообще-то про одну из свежих истерик слева, когда Сешшнс упомянул англо-американскую систему права, а левые на него привычно заорали, что он расист. Истерика, конечно, совершенно

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[rezoner]

Плохо, когда сенатор - безграмотный мудак.

“Do you know anyone who says ‘Anglo-American heritage’ in a sentence?” Senator Brian Schatz tweeted in response.

А я знаю! Не сам нашел, конечно.

And here’s Obama during the 2008 campaign, making broadly the same point:

But Obama, who taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago for more than a decade, said captured suspects deserve to file writs of habeus corpus. Calling it “the foundation of Anglo-American law,” he said the principle “says very simply: If the government grabs you, then you have the right to at least ask, ‘Why was I grabbed?’ And say, ‘Maybe you’ve got the wrong person.’” The safeguard is essential, Obama continued, “because we don’t always have the right person.”

And here’s Obama as president, at it again:
Obama would not say whether it could be achieved within the first 100 days of his term, citing the challenge of creating a balanced process “that adheres to rule of law, habeas corpus, basic principles of Anglo-American legal system, but doing it in a way that doesn’t result in releasing people who are intent on blowing us up.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/456351/those-outraged-term-anglo-american-are-only-betraying-their-own-ignorance

[old_sam]

Я тут уже благополучно стал расистом, теперь потихонечку становлюсь антисемитом. Жизнь заставляет...

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