Comments on: Interesting Legal Precedents, Vol. 2 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/08/28/interesting_leg_1/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: No Desh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/08/28/interesting_leg_1/comment-page-1/#comment-91226 No Desh Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:27:51 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3733#comment-91226 <p>woops...hopefully the SM intern will realize my mistake on the "news" section...I posted the URL of this thread instead of the story's URL which is in post #20...</p> woops…hopefully the SM intern will realize my mistake on the “news” section…I posted the URL of this thread instead of the story’s URL which is in post #20…

]]> By: No Desh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/08/28/interesting_leg_1/comment-page-1/#comment-91225 No Desh Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:26:31 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3733#comment-91225 <p>another <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/02/us/02terror.html?hp&ex=1159848000&en=a6588968b2de6511&ei=5094&partner=homepage">update</a></p> another update

]]> By: No Desh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/08/28/interesting_leg_1/comment-page-1/#comment-83868 No Desh Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:19:26 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3733#comment-83868 <p>Darn it, I put the wrong URL above...<a href="http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001106.html">lots of legaleese</a>....</p> Darn it, I put the wrong URL above…lots of legaleese….

]]> By: No Desh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/08/28/interesting_leg_1/comment-page-1/#comment-83865 No Desh Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:10:19 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3733#comment-83865 <p><a href="http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001106.html#more">More info about the legalities of this situation (no new specific details)</a></p> <p>I do find it rather interesting [and disheartening] that paralleling the lack of MSM coverage of this story is the fact that there are only 17 posts (now 18) on this thread (not counting the two East Asian posts which I assume were adverts and subsequently removed). And no, I'm not going to whine about the fact that posts about <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/003734.html">Abhi's travels to find desis</a> and <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/003738.html">Siddhartha's run-ins with furry-legged friends</a> have proven to be many times more popular [if one judges by number of comments].</p> More info about the legalities of this situation (no new specific details)

I do find it rather interesting [and disheartening] that paralleling the lack of MSM coverage of this story is the fact that there are only 17 posts (now 18) on this thread (not counting the two East Asian posts which I assume were adverts and subsequently removed). And no, I’m not going to whine about the fact that posts about Abhi’s travels to find desis and Siddhartha’s run-ins with furry-legged friends have proven to be many times more popular [if one judges by number of comments].

]]> By: No Desh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/08/28/interesting_leg_1/comment-page-1/#comment-83650 No Desh Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:48:28 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3733#comment-83650 <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060831/us_nm/security_teenager_dc_1">Update</a> (thanks to Pied Piper)</p> Update (thanks to Pied Piper)

]]> By: risible invisible http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/08/28/interesting_leg_1/comment-page-1/#comment-83267 risible invisible Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:00:50 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3733#comment-83267 <p>Today a <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20060829/ts_nm/sept11_poll_dc_1">poll</a> revealed that 62% of Americans favor profiling of "Middle Eastern" (which must of necessity include brownz) men at airports. The article mentions a case against JFK (New York's international airport) for apparently profiling. It is getting to the point where we will have to rely on the law and our (compromised?) constitutional protections as a shield against the majority of the citizenry, the government, and its security concerns.</p> Today a poll revealed that 62% of Americans favor profiling of “Middle Eastern” (which must of necessity include brownz) men at airports. The article mentions a case against JFK (New York’s international airport) for apparently profiling. It is getting to the point where we will have to rely on the law and our (compromised?) constitutional protections as a shield against the majority of the citizenry, the government, and its security concerns.

]]> By: No Desh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/08/28/interesting_leg_1/comment-page-1/#comment-83241 No Desh Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:02:41 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3733#comment-83241 <p>"woman honor thyself" was scary and rather misguided in her thinking process.</p> <p>As per the U.N. <a href="http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm">Universal Declaration of Human Rights</a>:</p> <blockquote>Article 13. (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.</blockquote> <p>Also</p> <blockquote>Article 15. (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.</blockquote> <p>According to <a href="http://www.humanrightsandtolerance.org/udhr-members.html">this</a>, the U.S. is one of the signatories.</p> “woman honor thyself” was scary and rather misguided in her thinking process.

As per the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

Article 13. (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

Also

Article 15. (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.

According to this, the U.S. is one of the signatories.

]]> By: Milind http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/08/28/interesting_leg_1/comment-page-1/#comment-83185 Milind Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:41:48 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3733#comment-83185 <p>Yeah, I could actually hear my brain cells screaming and committing hara kiri after reading that. I especially loved the bit where one of the legitimate reasons for denying them entry was because of a refusal to speak with the FBI, which is some serious cart-before-horse-ism.</p> Yeah, I could actually hear my brain cells screaming and committing hara kiri after reading that. I especially loved the bit where one of the legitimate reasons for denying them entry was because of a refusal to speak with the FBI, which is some serious cart-before-horse-ism.

]]> By: BrooklynBrown http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/08/28/interesting_leg_1/comment-page-1/#comment-83147 BrooklynBrown Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:07:53 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3733#comment-83147 <blockquote>Um, that was scary to read.</blockquote> <p><b>Oh Holy Hell! I'm still shivering.</b></p> Um, that was scary to read.

Oh Holy Hell! I’m still shivering.

]]> By: pied piper http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/08/28/interesting_leg_1/comment-page-1/#comment-83132 pied piper Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:25:29 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3733#comment-83132 <p>saheli, sounds like she's unclear on a whole lot more than the right to counsel....</p> saheli, sounds like she’s unclear on a whole lot more than the right to counsel….

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