Jeroen wrote: > >> I think sometimes you have to be harsh and accept the >> consequences - it�s a matter of the lesser of two evils. > > And ignore the very principles of democracy? > Which principles of democracy would be violated in hunting and killing terrorists? AFAIK, this is something that almost everybody wants!
> Not to mention that annoying little thing called > "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights"? I find > that a very scary idea. > This declaration is a piece of speciist bigotism :-) But what Rights would be violated in hunting and killing terrorists? *They* don�t accept those rights, so isn�t a violation of their rights to force them to accept them? I mean, suppose you get to the upper floor of a builing and start shooting bystanders; also suppose that you have some hostages, and eventually you shoot one of them. If a policeman can shoot and kill this killer, should he worry about his Human Rights? > >> If you try to *capture* terrorists so that they can >> have a fair trial, there�s the danger that they will >> kill lots of people before being >> caught, or worse, before exploding themselves. > > That is the risk you will have to take. > That is a risk that I find unnaceptable. > If a democratic country decides to > bypass the principles of democracy and human rights, > But there�s no bypass of human rights in hunting terrorists! > it really is no better than Nazi Germany. > Bah. Next time you should use the Taliban Regime as the example of Absolute Evil... > Everyone, even a terrorist, is innocent until proven > guilty. > ??????????? This is an oxymoron. A terrorist, by definition of terrorism, is *not* innocent - he/she has been proven *not innocent*! Or maybe we are saying the same thing, but because we are not native English speakers we believe we are not? Here in Brazil we can only call someone a <criminal type> when he is proven to have commited this crime *and* he has not been put in jail for that crime - otherwise it�s perjury, calumny, or diffamation. For example, the assassin of a famous actress is almost fullfilling his (ridiculously small) time in prison, and he is menacing to sue everybody that calls him an assassin! Alberto Monteiro
