Interpreted by some, not by anyone that ever trained me.
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > He was an allied police officer. He was on the same side. > > That said, according to how the 3rd Convention is interpreted - quoting > from the ICRC here which governs the Geneva Conventions: > > http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/57jnuy.htm > > " Consequently, the Protocol relaxed the obligation for combatants to wear > a distinctive sign at all times, something which guerrilla fighters > consider an obstacle to successful operations. The Protocol requires > combatants to distinguish themselves from the civilian population while > they are engaged in an attack or in a military operation preparatory to an > attack. What is more, in particular instances (occupied territories, > so-called asymetric conflicts setting regular armed forces against > guerrilla fighters), it suffices for guerrilla fighters to distinguish > themselves from the civilian population by carrying their arms openly (i.e. > visibly) during military engagements and before launching an attack. " > > The uniform requirement is bs then. > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:58 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Geneva doesn't apply. Dude was not in a uniform, with a flag, or > carrying > > a Geneva convention ID card. All of which are required for the > convention > > to pertan. > > > > That being said, we shouldn't have been there in the first place. > > > > Look man, you've never had to wonder if you were gonna get raped and have > > your head cut off, it was a regular topic of conversation for us. > > Something we had to deal with and think about how we'd rather eat our > last > > bullet than be caught by the enemy. > > > > In the end though, you're right we need to be involved in far less > > conflicts, none without an actual declaration of war as far as I'm > > concerned. > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Beating a human being, threatening them with death and making them > > believe > > > that they are about to die will never be minor. Ever. > > > > > > The fact that the guy that West threatened also appears to be entirely > > > innocent is apparently beside the fact to you. > > > > > > The fact that the guy that West beat was supposed to be our ally also > is > > > apparently beside the fact to you. > > > > > > I understand your point about war, but that's not how we are supposedly > > > fighting it. Add in the fact that we invaded a sovereign country under > > the > > > auspices of lies and we created the damn "enemy" ourselves and you > start > > to > > > understand why I think that Bush was a war criminal. > > > > > > War is hell. And we need to be involved in a lot less of them. None the > > > less, West signed up under a set of rules and he flagrantly disobeyed > > them. > > > He committed immoral and illegal acts and ought to have gone to jail. > He > > > got off easy. > > > > > > Judah > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 2:40 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Honestly, yes I should. > > > > > > > > To my mind that convention should never have been signed, but that > > > doesn't > > > > mean we can ignore it. > > > > > > > > War can't be fought according to rules. It should only be done to > > > totally > > > > destroy the capabilities and will of the enemy. > > > > > > > > That being said this is a pretty damned minor violation, and I don't > > > equate > > > > being roghed up with torture. > > > > > > > > Now, take a look at what ti has to say about spies and sabatuers, > > summary > > > > execution, so dude got off easy to my mind. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358656 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
