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Armed Liberal has an offer for simpletons who think that fascism is descending on America, but things are great elsewhere.
Posted by Rand Simberg at October 30, 2006 05:59 AM
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I'm not getting anything from your link right now, but in reference to this type of thing -- I've long felt we should have a Department of Poetic Justice, as a counterpart to the Department of Justice.
Then when people publicly make assertions like this, or (as certain nincompoops did during the Elian Gonzalez brouhaha, when I first thought of this idea) that life in Castro's Cuba is preferable to life here, the Department of Poetic Justice would send them a letter revoking their U.S. citizenship and informing them that they will be deported to Cuba if they haven't left by a date certain. Copies of the letters would be made public via the internet and MSM.
Such measures would not be enforced, of course, being blatantly unconstitutional. Nor would any attempt be made to enforce them, because this would only be the Department of *Poetic* Justice. Still, I think merely sending the letter would perform a valuable service.
The people's right to criticize the government should be balanced by the government's right to criticize those people, and I think this could be worthy of a cabinet position. Perhaps other people can think of other cases where a Department of Poetic Justice would be useful.
Posted by Mark at October 30, 2006 08:26 AM
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