Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
And that's a perfectly reasonable position to argue --- one with which I would largely agree. We should be having that discussion.
My objection is solely restricted to the ad hominem attacks against government officials ("how can they sleep at night?"). I think that's out-of-bounds. Not everyone who disagrees with me is morally deficient.
(Just most people.)
Some US government officials should be asked "how can they sleep at night?" given what has been authorized and/or done under claimed authorization.
By the way, most criminal trials include ad hominem "attacks" on the defendant and/or even some witnesses; and those "attacks" stand in the court record and are routinely allowed to be considered in deliberations by juries and/or judges.