|
 | | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| (...) Actually I think Scott brought it up and the answers you seek are in the article he provided earlier in this thread: (URL) for some reason you mysteriously deleted in this post: (URL) you so desire, you can reprint the entire BBC article here. (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|  
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| (...) Well I get the impression that Cheney's hideyholes tend to be a bit posher, but ya... history is written by the victors, after all (or the apparent victors at the time of writing, in this case)... (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| (...) Yes, but I don't, so I can't really add much here. Perhaps if you tell us *why* you find it so relevent I might be able to reply to that. (...) No, you got me there. We usually hire professional lawyers and politicians around here to "fix" (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| (...) Charge anyone caught bribing smaller countries with war crimes? (...) Sorry, I blame my crappy US lack of education for that one. I meant the Balkans. (...) Yeah, but North Africa is geographically closer to Europe than the US. And there is a (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| (...) In the case of the USA, I'd like to change that to: "I don't believe in capital punishment anymore for when was the last time you saw a rich white person get executed. It's my feeling that the death penalty is barbaric. The way it is applied (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| (...) I think actually that was what sohmer did, at least it seemed that way to me early this morning but I was a bit bleary eyed... (...) Or in this case just use it! Tangentially I believe that Todd has that feature under development for here. (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| (...) In some states, driving has been argued to be more of a right than a privledge. I don't actually know how they work it in the EU, so maybe it's not the best example, but it was easy to lay out. (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| (...) 1) That's not the best reason to dislike it, 2) I know what forum that's from... :-) so what do you think of habnut's recent action? Was ryu being babyish or justified given everything? (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| (...) Since it's Christmas^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hthe Holidays, I figure I should throw in this nugget for you debators. I also think this is the problem with Libertarianism (is that a word?) In Theory it sounds like a really good system, but it falls (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| (...) Agree, but it's a good one. (...) Both parties were just childish--"It's my birthday so I wanted to post a hottie!! Why is everyone picking on me???" "Oh fine! If you don't want my hotties then someone else can do it!!!" This is where my 'put (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| (...) Yes. And "to what end" as well, don't leave that one out. (...) And what do you propose to "fix it", if anything? (...) Two things: if money could buy charges in the ICC that easily, the court would be overwhelmed with legal actions already. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| (...) That hasn't bothered rich countries from joining in thus far. Richer than the US, per capita, I might add. So whose money, bribing whom, to what end? If it were for money alone, the ICC would be swamped in trials already. (...) The EU has had (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote: <snip> (...) A tangent-- I read many newsgroups, and someone's .siggy file caought my eye--it says "I don't believe in capital punishment anymore for when was the last time you saw a rich person get (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| (...) A good question. I know there was an uproar when US POW's in Iraq were featured even briefly on Al-Jazeera, for example. Hussein was able, according to reports, to identify himself as "the President of Iraq" to his American captors, so this (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| (...) Rumsfeld claimed that Saddam would be treated as a POW under the Geneva Convention, but that Convention has already been violated by the endless broadcasting of humiliating video and photos of Saddam following his capture. (...) Heh. The (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Powerpoint rots your brain
|
| What if Honest Abe had had Powerpoint available to him? (URL) some background (URL) a very controversial book (URL) if this is all old news to you all. It had me snickering (and I've been told I "give good foil" as we used to say in IBM)... (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| (...) I think this is why Dubya is keeping such a "I have my own opinion but I'll keep it to myself and let the Iraqis decide..." I mean, the hypocricy can only go so far... "Hey! Look over there!! We captured SH!! Don't look over here, what with (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| (...) Since it's illegal to threaten the life of the president of the US, I shall not tell you how I interpreted that line... That said, I do not believe that Dubya did anything that would warrant such a measure. If he did what he did out of the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
|
| | Re: Justice for all.....
|
| Hey, an excuse to read (ok skim) the Geneva Convention. Cool. (...) But what about this? ( from (URL) ) "Prisoners of war who, owing to their physical or mental condition, are unable to state their identity, shall be handed over to the medical (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |
|
all
(score: 0.304)
|
