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mornelithe on 21 February 2016
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Azuren said:
mornelithe said:

Make no mistake, Hitler would've gotten his time in court, and would've been summarily executed at the Nuremburg trials (It's not like there wasn't mountains of evidence incriminating him).   I'm also not entirely certain who had ultimate authority at the Nuremburg trials, so I'm really not sure how that system was carried out (I don't know how other countries judicial systems differ from the US), but, given many of his top commanders were executed (unless they had scientific value, in which case...ugh, Operation Paperclip), I have no doubts Hitler would've received death.  Likewise with terrorists (again, evidence)

Now, as vile as they are, the Westboro Baptists have yet to actually do anything other than be awful people (as far as I'm aware).  As disgusting and heartless as I think they are, picketing a funeral isn't a crime.  And while we all despise what they have to say, that's the double edged sword of free speech.  With the good, also comes the bad. 

 

Like Osama, right? No, the guys who would have hypothetically caught Hitler would have likely killed him on sight. He wouldn't have made it. As for terrorists, if that were true we wouldn't have had G-bay.

And actually, picketing funerals IS a crime in many parts of the US and UK now due ENTIRELY to WBC. Even the KKK has disassociated themselves from WBC. They're too hateful for the KKK.

Yeah, I meant to put that in there.  The trial of Hitler (And Bin Laden) would've depended entirely upon taking them alive not many terrorists live to get that chance.   As far as G-Bay is concerned, I believe they are tried via military tribunal, not via a jury of their peers, which has been a subject of controversy in America (and worldwide, for that matter).

I wasn't aware picketing funerals had been deemed illegal.  Though, it's not entirely 100% illegal, there are restrictions upon where they can be (300 feet away from grieving family members), and when they can picket (cannot picket 2 hours before or after the funeral).  But, they're still allowed to protest/picket.