Republicans Filibuster Habeas Corpus Restoration

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Let's dissect this: the Malabar front is from 1984 and is the site of the three powers' endless war. It's somewhere in India. That would put it several hundred miles from each Afghanistan and Iraq.

I think you need to read that book again.

That's not really the point. After all, it isn't clear that in the world described in Orwell's novel, that the Malabar Front actually exists, and even if it did, it doesn't matter in the slightest, since the existence or not of the Malabar Front is irrelevant to the function that it plays in the media of Oceania.

The whole point of the Malabar Front is that it doesn't matter where it is, or even if it exists at all, as long as it is supposedly far away and can be reported on in the media.

Quibbling about its location is irrelevant.

[Kuciwalker]

That's not really the point. After all, it isn't clear that in the world described in Orwell's novel, that the Malabar Front actually exists, and even if it did, it doesn't matter in the slightest, since the existence or not of the Malabar Front is irrelevant to the function that it plays in the media of Oceania.

IIRC in one of the appendices Orwell said that it did exist but was fought mostly by small, highly trained teams rather than the whole industry of each nation.

Quibbling about its location is irrelevant.

It was a snarky comment in response to another snarky comment.

[Arrian]

Snark

Habeus Corpus

Lincoln's suspension thereof

Lincoln

-Arrian

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
The correct term is "war."

The Constitution does not permit suspension of habeus corpus during times of war -- only during times of insurrection or invasion.

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
The Constitution does not permit suspension of habeus corpus during times of war -- only during times of insurrection or invasion.

Rebellion and invasion. He already caught his mistake.