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American Taliban

Debate is raging over the proper punishment for John Walker, the California 20-year-old who fought with the Taliban against the U.S. What do you think?

Peter Dunn • Systems Analyst

“I hope that traitor spends the rest of his life locked away in substantially better living conditions than he had in Afghanistan.”

Peter Dunn • Systems Analyst

Vicki Robbins • Psychologist

“Why couldn’t he have been like other shallow, overprivileged white kids and just spent a few years in Prague?”

Vicki Robbins • Psychologist

Tom Eisen • CEO

“As CEO of a major scotch manufacturer, I demand that he be referred to as John

Tom Eisen • CEO

Frank Costello • Delivery Driver

“Treason or not, I think it was hurtful and tasteless of Walker to go around in blackface like that.”

Frank Costello • Delivery Driver

Burt Bynum • Cashier

“We could execute Walker, or we could sentence him to tour the country’s elementary schools lecturing on how plotting to destroy the U.S. is a dead end.”

Burt Bynum • Cashier

Roberta Davis • Dental Hygienist

“That’s it. I’m pulling my son Jason out of that Pakistani madrassa pronto.”

Roberta Davis • Dental Hygienist