Musharraf: Shoot anyone who disrupts vote
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- Tori
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This is the logic as I understand it:
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is blaming the assassination of Benazir Bhutto on terrorists intent on disrupting democracy in the country.
Saying there is a "looming threat," he is urging candidates to avoid big rallies, to try and avoid danger and violence.
And, in an effort to make people feel safe as they go to vote, he is saying he'll shoot anyone who is trying to disrupt the vote, aka, the terrorists.
My concern here is how "disrupting the vote" is defined and acted upon by the individual rangers... Seems to me such a directive could become a very slippery slope.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is blaming the assassination of Benazir Bhutto on terrorists intent on disrupting democracy in the country.
Saying there is a "looming threat," he is urging candidates to avoid big rallies, to try and avoid danger and violence.
And, in an effort to make people feel safe as they go to vote, he is saying he'll shoot anyone who is trying to disrupt the vote, aka, the terrorists.
My concern here is how "disrupting the vote" is defined and acted upon by the individual rangers... Seems to me such a directive could become a very slippery slope.
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klenga
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I believe the official order (translated to English) is: "Scare anyone who disrupts vote into fatally bashing his or her head into an exposed metal sunroof lever"
- 4 years ago
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klenga
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mattbrawn
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Is Musharraf living in a dream world?
Two wrongs don't make a right!
- 4 years ago
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mattbrawn
