01-02-2010, 11:28 PM
Dennis Ruhl Wrote:ham Wrote:You may not know it, but "special tribunals" are the greatest violation of democratic principles, for one has to know at all times he'll go through the normal justice system.
Again, it's absurd to continuously bemoan stereotypical "Nazi horror" and to suggest the very same methods...torture, concentration camps, special laws/courts, profiling, military actions targeting civilians etc.
Actually what works is bypassing the trial system totally and taking care of things on the spot. How many of the Chechen rebels in the attack on the theatre in Russia were convicted? That would be none. All hundred or so seem to have died during their arrest.
The problem with civilian trials for military conflicts is that to get what would be judged as a fair trial the defence would be required to have access to the intelligence that led to their arrest.
Dennis Ruhl Wrote:I make a distinction between foreign enemies trying to destroy the country from domestic criminals. Why a "soldiers" from a death dealing theocracy should want or expect anything less than a quick and merciful death is beyond me. Constitutional protection should not extend to those who would crap on it.
Dennis Ruhl Wrote:Hold on. I am not talking millions or even thousands. I am talking maybe 100 or 200 by the time it's all done. Attempting to indiscriminately kill hundreds of civilians or planning to do so rates a quick exit. How exactly do you rehabilitate a suicide bomber?
That's about the right number. Keep it limited and unofficial and it will work. Draft an official policy and it won't.