> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Halupovich Ilana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Verzonden: woensdag 26 maart 2003 8:07 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: RE: Israel's Secret Weapon
> <<He is in solitary confinement (sp). Not different from what any other > spy got.>> > > Jeroen wrote > <<And that makes it alright? You violate one prisoner's human rights, > but that's okay because you violate the human rights of several other > prisoners as well?>> > > I have a news for you. Prison is not hotel. People are put there to be > punished for the harm they have done *and* to be prevented from > continuing doing harm.
So, Israel puts *all* of its prisoners in solitary confinement? Every jailed criminal (from thieves to burglars to kidnappers to murderers to spies) get locked up in a cell without daylight* and without being allowed any contact with the outside world?
If you do, thus violating their basic human rights, why don't you just shoot them? You'd still be violating human rights, but at least you'll spare yourself the costs of building and maintaining prisons and feeding your prisoners.
Knowing you a bit, you'll probably find that an excellent idea...
*If you have been paying attention in Biology class, you will remember that pretty much all land-based living creatures on this planet *need* sunlight. You may also remember that for humans, contact with others of their species is vital to their survival. Humans aren't solitary animals, we're herd animals.
> <<Personal comment> > A six by nine foot cell. My *bedroom* is bigger than that. My > mother-in-law's *bathroom* is bigger than that. And both have > a window. > </Personal comment>>> > > I wrote > <<Last time I looked - you were not jailed criminal. Has it changed?>> > > Jeroen ignored my question and wrote > <<I challenge you to spend one *month* locked up in a six by nine foot > windowless room, without being allowed contact with others. Then we'll > talk again.>> > > *I* am nota criminal.
No, but if you would accept the challenge and go live in those conditions for a month, you would at least know what you're talking about.
And no, I am not a jailed criminal.
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_____ �Highly ironic in light of subsequent events in the life of the lead actor�.
�Not the cockatoo, the other one.
-- Ronn! :)
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