On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 4:16 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. I carry weapons in a war zone when I am there as a LEGAL combatant. > Not some 14 year old kid, with no uniform, fighting against an ally > of his supposed country (Canada right?). So will/should he be tried for > treason in Canadian courts, especially seeing that Canadian soldiers are > fighting and dying in Afghanistan?
Perhaps! no doubt this would mean an improvement in his circumstances, and ensure he is accorded some sort of human rights. Another point to make, since he is > from an involved third party country, and continues to claim his > Canadian citizenship, he certainly cannot be granted Geneva convention > rights. He was in civilian clothes and not part of any nations > military. Should we have just shot him down as a saboteur and been done > with it? Not sure. Don't even know if he "claims" the Canadian citizenship. The mother says she wants to leave. Don't like the current solution though.... > 2. It wasn't a rock, it was a hand grenade. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khadr True, my bad. Saw it reported as a rock somewhere but you seem to be right. Nonetheless. In his mind he was defendig where he lives from an army that had just bombed the bejeesus out of the place. > 3. Do citizens of countries that aren't involved in the conflict have > the right or ability to carry weapons in the area of conflict in your > eyes? International law say they don't, I'm wondering what you think. Uh -- Canada is involved in that conflict. And I have not researched the matter. I don't think I need to propose a sultuion to the mess the Bushies have made when the best legal minds out there and straining with the same problem. > 4. If he is a Canadian citizen wtf was he doing there? His father was born in Pakistan apparently and went back, taking his children with him, including those born and raised in Canada. > 5. He hasn't been denied medical and psychological care, he's been > denied outside care, there is a difference you know. Ah? will take another look at this. > Honestly, the simple fact that you can compare our treatment of > prisoners with theirs shows just how little thought you've given this, > or how little understanding you have of our policies in this matter. I'm not comparing treatment of prisoners. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255320 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
