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To: GST who wrote (127220)3/23/2004 5:08:38 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 281500
 
If we shoot Saddam now, it is murder

Only because Saddam is NOW a prisoner of war. Being a prisoner, he is no longer killing Americans. Sheikh Yassin was not a prisoner, he was the commander of Hamas, and most actively involved in planning attacks.

Let me make it real simple for you GST:

case A: enemy officer trying to kill you.
case B: enemy officer taken prisoner of war, safely in jail.

Got the difference now?



To: GST who wrote (127220)3/23/2004 5:12:14 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
I still consider it juridical, rather than substantive, but, as a matter of policy, it makes sense to discourage vigilante justice, assuming that there are competent and effective authorities to bring the accused to trial. In other words, I consider someone who shoots a murderer to be a murderer, for purposes of law, but in my mind, his offense is not against justice, per se, but against the rule of law.


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