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Originally Posted by Walks_in_islam
I guess you actually have yourselves to blame on this silence issue.
The Latin maxim nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare ('no man is bound to accuse himself') became a rallying cry for religious and political dissidents who were prosecuted in the Star Chamber and High Commission of 16th century England. People coming before these tribunals were forced to make the ex officio oath by which they swore to truthfully answer the questions to be put before them without knowing what they were being accused of. This created what has been termed the cruel trilemma whereby these accused were forced to chose between committing the mortal sin of perjury (if they lied under oath to protect themselves), harsh punishment for contempt of court (if they refused to answer), or betraying their "natural" duty of self-preservation (if they told the truth to honor their oath).
The right to silence was important enough to include in the 5th amendment. I guess you or me or anyone else can choose to exercise that right (or is it a right at all anymore?) It seems when rights become non-rights then the identity of America itself is threatened and those inside who threaten the identity of America itself are more dangerous to America than those outside who want to.
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Are you defending CAIR'S record?
America is foolish in how it allows its enemies inside the gates.