Comments on: Is Mikhail Khodorkovsky A Political Prisoner? http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/post_249/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:19:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David W. Lincoln http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/post_249/comment-page-1/#comment-15596 David W. Lincoln Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:53:49 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/is-mikhail-khodorkovsky-a-political-prisoner/#comment-15596 As long as selective vision afflicts at least part of the US federal gov't - I am not in the least bit surprised that Mikhail Khodorkovsky is the 21st. Century version of Raoul Wallenburg. As long as selective vision afflicts at least part of the US federal gov’t – I am not in the least bit surprised that Mikhail Khodorkovsky is the 21st. Century version of Raoul Wallenburg.

]]> By: La Russophobe http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/post_249/comment-page-1/#comment-15595 La Russophobe Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:54:19 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/is-mikhail-khodorkovsky-a-political-prisoner/#comment-15595 Those interested in expressing support for Mr. Khodorkovsky can visit the following website: <a href="http://www.mbktrial.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mbktrial.com/</a> Those interested in expressing support for Mr. Khodorkovsky can visit the following website:

http://www.mbktrial.com/

]]> By: David Thomson http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/post_249/comment-page-1/#comment-15594 David Thomson Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:39:10 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/is-mikhail-khodorkovsky-a-political-prisoner/#comment-15594 A prosecutor can almost always find some half-baked reason to indict an individual. Traffic cops, for instance, have long joked that they can ticket anybody if they watch them closely for five miles. Everybody is intrinsically a law breaker. And no, I'm not exaggerating. The spirit of the law must dominate, not the strict letter---or civilization will collapse. We will return to savagery. Human laws often contradict themselves and some are still on the books even though they have been ignored for years. Why did the Russians decide to prosecute Mikhail Khodorkovsky? Was it truly legitimate---or just an excuse to harass a "trouble maker"? A prosecutor can almost always find some half-baked reason to indict an individual. Traffic cops, for instance, have long joked that they can ticket anybody if they watch them closely for five miles. Everybody is intrinsically a law breaker. And no, I’m not exaggerating. The spirit of the law must dominate, not the strict letter—or civilization will collapse. We will return to savagery. Human laws often contradict themselves and some are still on the books even though they have been ignored for years. Why did the Russians decide to prosecute Mikhail Khodorkovsky? Was it truly legitimate—or just an excuse to harass a “trouble maker”?

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