Reply #11: I always do

[Solly Mack]

I might read the words illegal, detainee, POW, enemy combatant but I "hear" human being in my mind.

I even hear "human" when I read republican, Bush, Cheney, anti-women....but I know that some humans aren't very good humans and that they are, in fact, a danger to all humans.

But I still recognize that they are human.

Even though I will speak harsh words of anger, I am tempered in how I would actually treat them because I do hear "human"

Someone being in America illegally in no way means they aren't human - and they should be treated as any human. I would not deny them health care and I would not deny them food or shelter or anything else. Even if they're to be deported eventually, I would not be cruel to them. Breaking the law does not mean you stop being human.

Even though I think Bush deserves a fate worse than death - he's still human. I wouldn't torture him or kidnap him away to a secret prison. I would jail him for life and I do expect prisons to treat people humanly.