Ok if you want to play games with words I will explain the point to you. The Geneva Convention seeks to give basic human rights to prisoners. But because the enemy behaves like scumbags that somehow extinguishes the responsibility to behave as human beings? One of the behaviours that distinguished American troops in France in the invasion of Europe was the way they treated people with respect. It absolutely floored French peasants who had been thru multiple invasions over the centuries and had realized that each invader was as bad as the previous one - until Allied troops arrived and showed how it COULD be different. Allied troops - mostly American - demonstrated the way to behave; not just in battle but in victory.
It seems to be a concept that has become muddied in recent days... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen Sent: Tuesday, 25 November 2008 10:01 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] 25 billion won't do it? Geoff Flight wrote: > Human rights are just that - rights. They are not 'given' in return for > something but rather exist by default. Like most of us the USA likes to > claim the high moral ground. Although it is disappointing to have to explain > this concept, but if you want to claim the high moral ground then you have > to walk along its paths. Hi Geoff! Weeellll! You have more human rights than I, otherwise you should not have had the facility to move from "Geneva Convention" to "Human Rights" with such facility! Get back on the point. > > Alan Lukachko wrote: >> Actually, I believe that the U.S. has broken the Geneva Convention of >> treating prisoners of war humanely. > Which provision did the US break, and does it even apply, considering > that the enemy is not a signatory? What is humane? > > Would the terrorists even know humane? They thought the ac outlet was > delivering poison gas. > > What is torture - playing Brittany Spears records? -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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 Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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.
