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Law & Order :: Memo From The Dark Side (20x01)
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| Title: | Memo From The Dark Side |
| Episode #: | 20x01 |
| Production Number: | 2001 |
| Original Airdate: | Friday September 25th, 2009 |
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 kyrat
Total Reviews: 4
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| Prosecute Yoo, Cheney, Bush, Rumselfd & Cheney for war crime
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John Yoo should not be allowed to teach at UC Berkeley's law school (and probably earning a high 6 figure salary, a housing allowance, summer research, and a ton of other perks- while others are being laid off & no other professors can be hired)-- he has broken the law, he is an immoral person and should not be allowed to teach others to break the law. This (not so subtle) stand in for him is what sparks off the legal debate.
Usually I don't like "ripped from the headlines" stuff.
But I think the show did a good job of exploring the issue.
I realize we do need to look forward & work on universal healthcare and fix the economy with more regulation. But we also have to hold those accountable who thought it was ok to invade a country on false pretenses and then parse words & meanings until they made it SEEM legal to do torture. Otherwise they will have gotten away with it and it will be allowed to happen again.
The show presented it's argument pretty well. I liked that they gave historial context (we prosecuted Japanese soldiers who waterboarded US soldiers) and tried to counter some of the Bush admin's arguments about the fact that they're not really POWs so it's ok (the revolutionary war POWs could've been enemy combatants). They also countered the fear-mongering (well what if your city was threatened() with FACTS (torture still would not get you good results).
Some of the issues around Ethics & Legality are explored fairly well. Torture is both immoral AND illegal.
This is the best episode of I've seen in years (and probably in the top ten of the entire series!) Great start!
Reminds me of the West Wing, where I only wish the real world were as moral, intelligent and upstanding as the characters on the show.
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| Review posted on Saturday, September 26th 2009 9:21 pm |
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