-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leland Jackson Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 13:04 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Detainee Abuse Charges Feared
The rules of war have evolved over time as humanity has moved towards enlightenment. Back in the middle ages wars might evolve one castle against another castle; kind of like two miniature kingdoms that had declared war. All members of each opposing castle, were considered enemies and subject to the same set of rules of war. This meant that even the maids and stable boys were pawns of war, even if they never engaged in any actual combat, and if captured they were subject to the same harsh treatment as the warriors, including execution by poling or other means, including torture to death. There was no concept of non-combatants. Over time rules of war evolved where non-combatants were not considered as enemies, and only the armys of each opposing side meet on the battlefield of war. Later the laws of war were refined to standardize treatment of combatants that had been captured, so that the enemy combatants would be treated in a manner like any the warriors would want to be treated if they became captive. Some day humanity will evolve to a place where war will be obsolete, but for now I would not recommend any reversing of the rules of war back to a more primitive time in the past, even if it got some high political office holders off the hook. Regards, LelandJ =========================================================== Leland, I respect your opinion and even agree with it in theory. But all theories are subject to empiricism. Yes, we have rules and I mentioned those. However, people who are not members of a uniformed military force are not subject to those rules and they do not abide by those rules. So why should we? You speak of humanity, but humanistic people do not strap bombs to themselves and blow-up innocent people. Humanistic people do not make schools and hospitals targets by waging war from them. We have got to fight fire with fire. These people have been duped into believing that they are doing something holy and will stop at nothing. The sooner we bring them to nothingness, the sooner they will stop. HALinNY _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
