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Marklbetya 02:45 am UTC 12/31/06 |
| In reply to: | re: Yawn... - Max 12:42 am UTC 12/31/06 |
| Actually, I think that when someone deprives someone else of their rights, the same laws they violated shouldn't be upheld to protect him. M > Perhaps I am just of an idealist mindset but I believe, as > the Constitution of my country states, that all human > beings have natural rights including due process of law > and that no person ought to be deprived of such rights. > Thus, just as much as I disagree with Saddam’s trial I > disagree with "what some poor suckers go through in an > Islamic Sharia court of law in that region." I also > believe that ones action cannot be used in an effort to > negate his right to due process, hence just because > someone deprived a person of his rights does not mean that > that person can be deprived of his own rights. > Interestingly the Military Commissions Act signed by Lord > Bush in October allows for evidence to be obtained by a > person who tortured other people even though it disallows > torture of other detainees. The absurdity of disregarding > due process in Saddam’s trial is manifest. > > > > Saddam's trial, like Nuremberg, sets an ugly > > > precedent for permissible judicial practices. > > > > I don't see the judical process that Saddam went through > > any worse than what some poor suckers go through in an > > Islamic Sharia court of law in that region. > > > > At the end of the day, we all know he was guilty, so we > > could all do this little dance called 'due process' but it > > wouldn't change a damn thing. > > > > Pud | |
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