On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 13:27 -0700, Robin Laing wrote: > John Bowden wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 10:15 -0500, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > >> "Character is what you do when nobody's looking." - J.C. Watts > >> °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° > >> > > So your constitution makes it illegal to lock up and torture US citizens > > but its not illegal to lock up and torture none US citizens, - without > > due course to a court and proof they are guilty. Its this two tier form > > of democracy that the Arab states are so suspicious of. > > Actually part of the Geneva Convention. If a combatant is not in > uniform, they are not given the same rights as an enemy soldier. I have > read it when the whole discussion about the rights of enemy combatants > and enemy soldiers came up years ago. > > > -- > Robin Laing > True but common decency should be enough to stop torture. What is a uniform? Camouflage and regimental paraphernalia, black head scarf and bierd? -- Registered Linux user number 414240 Guy Fawkes the only person to enter the Parliament with honest intentions and he was going to blow them up
