"Even terrorists must be treated according to international law"

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Wed Nov 6 20:16:13 PST 2002


Ian Murray <seamus2001 at attbi.com> wrote:

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bradford DeLong"
> It's not clear you like where this road leads. If terrorists must be
> treated according to international law, then governments that do not
> enthusiastically crack down on terrorists within their borders must
> be overthrown and replaced by puppets. This principle leads much too
> far...
>
>
> Brad DeLong
=====================

The then does not follow from the if.

Ian

Quite. Why should the fact that criminals should be treated according to law have any implications hatever for the executive policy of what some countries do with respect to the legislative policy of otherr countries towards those criminals? Brad, 9/11 has shorted out a logic circuit in your brain. jks

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