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Author: Michael A. TerrellMichael A. Terrell Date: Jul 31, 2006 17:30
Eeyore wrote:
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> Jim Thompson wrote:
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>> On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:06:46 +0100, Eeyore
>> REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>>Jim Thompson wrote:
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>>>> Well? We all know that "peace in our time" is a workable proposition,
>>>> all men are good to their word, and terrorists obey the Geneva
>>>> Convention ;-)
>>>
>>>It would be nice if the USA which likes to tout itself as a civilised example to
>>>the rest of the world could obey the Geneva Convention wouldn't it ?
>>>
>>>Graham
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Author: John LarkinJohn Larkin Date: Jul 31, 2006 17:32
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:06:46 +0100, Eeyore
REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote:
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>Jim Thompson wrote:
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>> Well? We all know that "peace in our time" is a workable proposition,
>> all men are good to their word, and terrorists obey the Geneva
>> Convention ;-)
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>It would be nice if the USA which likes to tout itself as a civilised example to
>the rest of the world could obey the Geneva Convention wouldn't it ?
>
>Graham
I guess the question is whether terrorists are military combatants,
which they need to be in order to be covered by Geneva. There are some
formal definitions, that include rank and uniforms and stuff. Solders
are given protections that, for example, spies and saboteurs and
criminals aren't.
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Author: John FieldsJohn Fields Date: Jul 31, 2006 17:52
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:08:04 GMT, Richard The Dreaded Libertarian
example.net> wrote:
>On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:09:52 -0500, John Fields wrote:
>> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:44:54 GMT, "Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie"
>>>It's just so tragic that all of that knowledge and technology is applied
>>>to killing people. )-;
>>
>> If it wasn't for all that knowledge and technology you might very
>> well be speaking German or Japanese right now, if at all.
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>Yeah, great, it won us a two-front war fifty years ago.
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>We Won!
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>We're the Champs!
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>So now, why do we have to KEEP ON KILLING people?
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Author: Michael A. TerrellMichael A. Terrell Date: Jul 31, 2006 17:53
Jim Thompson wrote:
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> On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:22:45 +0100, Eeyore
> REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>Jim Thompson wrote:
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>>> On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:06:46 +0100, Eeyore
>>> REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
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>>>>Jim Thompson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well? We all know that "peace in our time" is a workable proposition,
>>>>> all men are good to their word, and terrorists obey the Geneva
>>>>> Convention ;-)
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Author: Michael A. TerrellMichael A. Terrell Date: Jul 31, 2006 17:57
Eeyore wrote:
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> John Larkin wrote:
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>> On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:06:46 +0100, Eeyore
>> REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>
>>>Jim Thompson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well? We all know that "peace in our time" is a workable proposition,
>>>> all men are good to their word, and terrorists obey the Geneva
>>>> Convention ;-)
>>>
>>>It would be nice if the USA which likes to tout itself as a civilised example to
>>>the rest of the world could obey the Geneva Convention wouldn't it ?
>>>
>>>Graham
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Author: EeyoreEeyore Date: Jul 31, 2006 17:57
John Fields wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:08:04 GMT, Richard The Dreaded Libertarian
> example.net> wrote:
>>>So now, why do we have to KEEP ON KILLING people?
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> ---
> We don't. It's pretty much the choice of whoever wants to fuck with
> us or our friends whether they get killed or not.
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> I guess your selective memory has forgotten that we always go for a
> diplomatic solution prior to engaging in hostilities, and the reason
> we have to kick ass is because we sometimes have to deal with
> animals who don't know how to or, more often, won't listen to reason
> and only understand physical conflict .
In the current conflict in Lebanon it seems Israel with America's blessing tried
to go for the military knockout blow before diplomacy and seem to have bitten
off more than they can chew.
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Author: EeyoreEeyore Date: Jul 31, 2006 17:59
"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:
> Hell, ship them to England and let Eeyore rehabilitate them. That
> way he can find out first hand exactly the kind of being he is
> defending.
Some of them *have* been returned to England where they *live* !
I'm defending the rule of law which the USA seems to find convenient to forget about when
it suits you.
Graham
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Author: John LarkinJohn Larkin Date: Jul 31, 2006 18:07
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:50:41 +0100, Eeyore
REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote:
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>John Larkin wrote:
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>> On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:06:46 +0100, Eeyore
>> REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>>Jim Thompson wrote:
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>>>> Well? We all know...
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