Pres. Obama vs Tax Loopholes

[Jason1]

Originally Posted by Professor S

LOL! While this was a joke (and a humorous one), Dateline NBC is not a part of the US judicial system. Unfortunately in today's intense media culture, people are tried in the public square and then in the court room.

Dateline might not be part of the Judicial system, but the Cops who arrest them when they try to leave are...

I'm not saying what they are (99% likely) trying to do is right, but technically they haven't done anything illegal yet...

[KillerGremlin]

People have complained that Dateline uses entrapment methods which are unethical and are not valid proof that someone is committing a crime. But it's not just dateline, the feds do pedo-stings all the the time from what I can gather.

As far as my original comment, our government seems to be more gestapo like every year with the passing of things like the Patriot Act. I would hate to be on the shit end of the stick in this country, because the way certain systems are set up you really are guilty until proven innocent. And you better have some good evidence at your immediate disposal and some hard cash to afford to pay for our ridiculous legal system.

On a lighter note, government agencies like the RIAA also bully people with cease and desist fines and things like that. You can find examples all over. =/

I'm just saying, if they say you are a terrorist, you're a terrorist.

[Professor S]

Soliciting a minor for sex is against the law. You don't have to have sex with one. And since there is no coersion involved, simply the raising of an opportunity, the case for entrapment is not very good either.

To date I don't believe any Dateline subject has been acquitted on these grounds. And lets be honest, they're guilty as hell.

I can think of O.J. being a good case that someone is innocent until proven guilty. Still, whether or not you think the reality of the law is different that the wording, changing the wording and making it official is a HUGE step in the wrong direction.