Release Saddam now
proclus at gnu-darwin.org
proclus at gnu-darwin.org
Fri Dec 19 14:53:15 PST 2003
On 19 Dec, James A. Donald wrote:
> --
> On 19 Dec 2003 at 15:59, proclus at gnu-darwin.org wrote:
>> If there is no one with legitimate jurisdiction to try
>> Saddam, then he should be released.
>
> You are making De Sade's argument against natural law, to which
> his prosecutors rightly made the riposte, that if no one had
> the right to condemn him for torturing a maid, then no one had
> the right to condemn them for imprisoning De Sade.
Interesting, did De Sade concur? ;-}
Regards,
proclus
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