Photo by Flickr user ChuckHolton Rep. John Shadegg (R-Moron) makes the case against civilian trials for accused terrorists:

"I saw the mayor of New York said today, 'We're tough. We can do it.' Well, Mayor, how are you going to feel when it's your daughter that's kidnapped at school by a terrorist?" Shadegg said.

"How are you going to feel when it's some clerk -- some innocent clerk of the court -- whose daughter or son is kidnapped? Or the judge's wife? Or the jailer's little brother or little sister? This is political correctness run amok," he continued.

Isn't this actually an argument against ever trying any criminal anywhere in a court? If the very presence of an accused criminal in a city is a threat to its citizens, shouldn't we just do without trials and, like, shoot our criminals into space?

Or maybe it's only super evil terrorists who can, under armed guard in a courtroom, kidnap the mayor's daughter. Honest to God, the Republicans think Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is Magneto.

(I would like to note that I wrote this post before Ezra wrote his.)