Jonah Goldberg: Bombers got rights, too, you know!

Jonah Goldberg: Bombers got rights, too, you know!: "When Ramzi Mohammed, one of the failed bombers in the second wave of attacks on London, was surrounded by representatives of the decadent, infidel West, he didn't shriek, 'Allahu Akbar!' and throw himself at his captors in a suicidal lunge for martyrdom. No, instead he whined, 'I have rights! I have rights!'
I was willing to bet we'd be arguing about this odd plea for weeks. One side would complain, 'Can you believe the chutzpah?' The other side would applaud how even alienated Islamic youth have learned to respect the majesty of our criminal justice system.
Of course, I'm squarely in the 'Can you believe the chutzpah?' column. Murderous goons like Mohammed tempt God's wrath to the point of assuming the form of human lightning rods when, the moment they get caught, they suddenly stand firm on the principle that everyone be treated with dignity..."

It seems that everyone is forgetting that just and justice don't just mean fair and equal.

Just - Properly due or merited. Justice is rendering to every one that which is his due. More and more the "justice system" fails to give criminals their due.