Re: Hello. I live in Salem, and I believe in witches.

[Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 08:09:46PM -0500, John Bambenek wrote:
> International law is not real law.

That's a novel argument.  Utterly without merit, but novel.  You might
recall that it was not all that long ago that a number of nations, including
the US, participated in the application of international law in a number of
cases -- some of which concerned individuals with minor roles, and some
of which concerned individuals largely responsible for decision-making.
While there is still considerable debate about the merits of prosecuting
the former, there is widespread consensus that pursuing the latter was,
and is, necessary.  And perhaps more importantly, there is no serious
disagreement (except among the uninformed and the willfully ignorant [1])
that a valid legal framework existed and exists for those actions.

The law is not the issue here.  The issue is our national cowardice
in refusing to admit that we did some of the same things that we (and our
allies) prosecuted and (in some cases) executed other people for doing.

---Rsk

[1] Well, and perhaps the lunatics who rant about "world government"
and other artifacts of their delusional paranoia.  Such people
may safely be ignored when not being mocked for amusement value.

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