talkleft is aghast, or at least a bit gassy, at the words the blogger formerly known as calpundit (yes! we coined
that phrase, too!)
recently wrote:
i'd like to see videotaping required for all police interviews, and in return i'd suggest that the 5th amendment right against self-incrimination be discarded. if police interviews are all recorded and trials are all held in public, it's not at all clear to me what value the 5th amendment right to silence has anymore.
sure, it'll never happen. but with star chambers a thing of the past and videotaping preventing coerced confessions, i really do wonder if the self-incrimination clause of the 5th amendment has enough value left to make it worth the problems it causes. i suspect it doesn't.
talkleft is incensed, or else uses incense, we're not sure which. but we agree. it's time for a blogcott (y!wc
tp,t!)!
we call for john kerry to de-link from kevin drum!
we call for all of blogtopia to call up all the advertisers that advertise on instapundit and tell them we're not going to any university in tennessee!
we are starting a special fund for all the children of police who are videotaped! (send your money to this blog, c/o skippy)
we demand an apology from somebody, and soon!
we will not rest until we sleep!
cross-posted at mydd, and the american street, and our own self-righteous blog.