--- Jeroen van Baardwijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> At Stardate 20030624.1927, Jan Coffey wrote:
>
> >There was a time that the tobaco industry did not know what harm cigarets
> >cause. We now know that someone sitting next to you smoking a cigaret is
> >poinsining you.
> >
> >Should we arest every smoker for a War Crime?
>
> Smoking is not a war crime, so we shouldn't arrest any smoker on those
> charges. However, given that smokers *do* endanger other people's lives,
> maybe we should arrest any smoker who refuses to *not* smoke when asked,
> and charge him/her with attempted homicide... <EVIL GRIN>
>
>
> >This is exactly why the US is staying out of the ICC. The regulations are
> >not sufficient to guarentee that they will not be abused.
>
> Can you guarantee that someone who is given a trial by jury in the US will
> be given a *fair* trial? Can you guarantee that when, say, a child molester
>
> is on trial, the jury will base its decision solely on facts and completely
>
> ignore their own emotions? When a soldier is given a trial by jury, can you
>
> guarantee that certain people in the military and/or government will *not*
> be pressuring some people into voting "not guilty"?
>
>
The idea is that it is better for to criminals to go free than one inocent
man be convicted.
While this may not allways work in the US, it is still IMNSHAO :) much less
likely than in ~many~ other countries, and much better than that of the ICC.
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Jan William Coffey
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