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Originally Posted by pgardn

Bush has done some stuff that I think that he thinks is genuinely good for the country. I do not believe he is an evil man. But like some of our enemies, he is driven. But some of his administrations actions, things he truely believes are the right thing to do, are clearly on the boundaries of infringing upon individual's rights. Bush has clearly overstepped his executive boundaries in some cases. A conservative supreme court has already shot one of his attempts down, with conservatives going against his administration's contentions. I understand his frustration. He badly wants to protect the country and do what HE believes is right.

Example: If my daughter was murdered in a most cruel manner, and the accussed was found guilty, but because of evidence obtained illegally, the convicted had to be retried... Upon retrial, there was not enough evidence to convict.

I would personally devote my life to trying this individual myself. My life as a human would most likely end at this point. I most likely would not be able to function until justice was done. (I use most likely as I would probably have to be counseled at this point and I am pretty sure I am not Christ-like enough to handle myself) After justice, as I saw it, was done, I would then be prosecuted and probably spend my life in prison.

The bottom line: I did wrong. I would take matters into my own hands if I did not get justice, and this IS wrong. And I would and should suffer the consequences. As much sympathy as I might get from the general public, I would still be wrong. I am pretty sure (not trying to be macho but I would most likely try and kill the accussed), I would do something against the law and I should be punished.
I think Bush is presented with this type of dilemma, only he does not see what he is doing as skirting the law of the land. I think he badly wants to make things right. I do not believe he thinks what he is doing is wrong, even if the Supreme Court finds his administration's attempts to make the country safer unconstitutional, because it is what HE believes is right.

Brillantly put, pgardn. Simply brillant. From everyone's posts on here...I believe yours just hit closest to home.