Hans-Peter Fischer wrote: > Peter Lairo wrote: > >> >> Tortured, who/where? That's new to me. I would certainly not agree >> with that. > > > Read this: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,665939,00.html
A very interesting article. I will have to investigate that further. I would not put such a thing past the Bush administration. :( If true... it would shed a bad light on the US and on the arab nations participating. I actually think that it reflect *more poorly* on the countries willing to perform the torture (performing a crime is still worse than abetting (/anzetteln/) someone to perform a crime - no?). >> I thought everyone had at *least* one phonecall. > > Peter, you are totally uninformed. That's an exageration. I will admit that I may not be *fully informed*. > A simple Google search would have > taken you to the full story behind the World Court's ruling. But you > seem to prefer cultivating your dream. from http://www.globalpolicy.org/wldcourt/icj/2001/0627grmn.htm ...The United States did not deny the mistake and apologized, but argued that the lack of consular help had no bearing on the trial's outcome. He was executed a week later. ... So what's the big deal? The murderer would have been executed anyways. > My impression is that you will never be convinced. I am actually quite capable of changing my point of view. You simply have failed to provide adequate reason to do so. > Continuing this > discussion with you is therefore a waste of time. If you want to do the > US a favour you let this thread die. You mean, if I want to do *you* a favor... > In order to bring this back onto a Mozilla-related track I have a question: < snip > Please don't bring up topics that are OT to *this* thread. :-P -- Regards, Peter Lairo
