Cubans can be coffins
posted by hedgehog in A Series of Tubes, Ecofascism, Global Machinations, Government, Stackable Coffins |Strange. I was reading about the Venezuelan terrorist just freed on bail when I saw this Google Ad at the bottom of the screen that said something like “Coffins for everyone!” I had to click. It was for these mass-casualty coffins, easily folded and stacked and then assembled and stacked again. Clever! Too bad they are 100% tropical hardwood. Boo hiss. What’s wrong with a pine box?
But on the topic of the terrorist, it’s sad to see liberals agitating against Posada’s bail. I agree he should face murder and terror charges at least, if not extradition to Cuba or Venezuela. But bail is ok. I don’t support the hypocrisy of letting a CIA asset right-wing nutjob off the hook for terrorism. But I do support bail for all, even those facing terror charges. Prisons suck.
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…Um, won’t he just skip the country, and thus avoid all justice? Bail is okay, but I’d consider some CIA asset right-wing nutjob whose trial would be a reasonable embarrassment to be a flight risk, no?
Actually I guess he wouldn’t bother, since he’s probably not scared of anything bad happening to begin with.
Really? Isn’t bail sort of fundamentally unfair?
No and no.
Saurabh: In theory, a court should be able to balance the severity of the charges with the person’s history to be able to come up with some way to convince them to come stand trial. If the court does its job well, few people will skip the country. (And if they do skip out, that doesn’t mean they avoid all justice. In this guy’s case, there are few places on earth where he’d be safe either from arrest and extradition or from vengeance.)
Saheli: Also, the court should be able to apply a fair bail. Obviously it’s best for people who aren’t all that rich (so they get moderate bail) but who know rich people (so they can pay it). But in theory at least, it’s inherently fair — it’s set by a person who gets to hear about your economic resources and all.