> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: Monday, January 14, 2002 00:36 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: Treatment Of Prisoners (was RE: Tragedy in Israel)
> > Do we or don't we believe in the principal of innocent until proven > > guilty? It's not the kind of thing we can apply selectively, is it? > > John, and apparently many others have, by making statements like > > these, pronounced all of these detainees guilty without even the > > benefit of their military tribunal. > > > I understand what you mean Doug, but everyone of these guys is at > least guilty of pointing guns at American soldiers (not all that much > of a "crime" by itself). True. If pointing a gun at your enemy during combat would be a crime, every soldier who was ever been in actual combat would be a criminal. And the lawyers of "these guys" would probably argue that their clients were acting in self-defense anyway... > So its not likely that any of them are totally innocent. Probably not, but that is not for you (or for us), but for their judges to decide. Despite their apparent membership of AQ or Taliban, they are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
