LOL man i would hate to be charged with a crime in the middle east those guys are eye for an eye. :)
I'm not looking to get my hand chopped off if i mistakenly put something in a bag and forget to pay for it or something lol. Bill Wheatley Senior Database Developer Macromedia Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer EDIETS.COM 954.360.9022 X159 ICQ 417645 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:08 PM Subject: Re: Lindh pleads guilty, won't receive life in prison > Yep. People speak about how we're treating these guys badly and turn a blind eye to their countries of origin. I'd love to see Europe wake up and yell at them for once and not us. We're actually the more humane ones here. > What Egypt would do to these guys would violate several laws of man and nature. > > > > I actually read somewhere that the Egyptian detainees at Camp X-Ray (how PC can I get to not say POWs) don't want to go back to Egypt. > > > > They are more worried about the "interrogation" they will receive at home than they are with what the US might do to them. > > > > Jerry Johnson > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/15/02 12:37PM >>> > > It's a way of thinking. Go for a perfect example that can't be ignored. > > And I'm not sure Liberache went to Thailand to sleep with young girls. Not his type. :) > > But the point still stands perfectly. But to take it the next step, most of the prisoners at the POW camp are not from Afghanistan. Most are from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, etc. If these countries asked for these guys back for trial then America would be bound to do so. The problem is, these guys have greatly embarrassed their countries of origin and they've just been abandoned to American justice (which is a lot more humane than what they would face at home). > > > > > > > Hey, we picked the same example. Were you also thinking about that famous piano-player guy? > > > > > > Jerry Johnson > > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/15/02 12:29PM >>> > > > Are you bound by your countries laws if your not in your country? If pedophilia is legal in Asia but illegal in your country, are you allowed to go to another country to indulge in it? As a citizen of a country, you are bound by its laws. > > > And that's totally besides the point that this guy was aiding and abetting a terrorist group who was responsible (directly or indirectly) for an attack on America. > > > "Oh, I didn't fly the plane into the building, I just work with and support the people who did." > > > > > > > Judith Dinowitz wrote: > > > > > We were fighting the Taliban. He is an American citizen. He helped an enemy > > > > > we were at war with. That's called treason. > > > > > > > > Even when helping an enemy you are at war with is treason (I presume it > > > > is), it was not done on American territory and he was there not in a > > > > sworn profession. Therefore, it should not be punishable under US law. > > > > Or else accept the consequence that other countries make laws that are > > > > extraterritorial as well. > > > > > > > > I find it a bit hypocritical(?) to say that the US can have laws that > > > > govern what Americans do in Afghanistan, but other countries can not > > > > have laws that govern what Americans do in Afghanistan (ICC). Either you > > > > recognize that law is bound to the territory of the country that enacted > > > > the law, or not. Assuming the right to of extraterritorial legislation > > > > yourself while denying it to others is not a case of setting the right > > > > example. > > > > > > > > Jochem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
