[Gllug] Greenhouse emissions (was Geforce2)

[William Palfreman]

On 24 Jan 2002, Alex Hudson wrote:

> Maybe if they were big enough to offer the same constitutional freedoms
> that they offer others (including the American Taliban) I might have
> some respect for what they are doing, but instead they hold them in some
> off-shore grey area to face what will probably be something of a
> kangaroo court. Another case of the United Banana Republic of America...

They are at war.  They aren't actually asking for your respect - one of
the big changes over there as I understand it is that nobody cares about
the opinions of people in weak dependent hanger-on countries any more.
The thing is that the Al Quaida and Talban people didn't respect the
Geneva convention when they attacked them, so the US is well within its
rights to operate outside the Geneva convention itself.  That is why
soldiers are always so keen to keep their uniforms in battle & never to
use dum-dum bullits, & not to make sneak attacks on civians etc. - because
it violates the Geneva convention and .'. renders them open to being shot
(or worse)  if captured; breaking the Geneva convention yourself means you
opponent is allowed to ignore it too and still be consistant with it.
I'm not passing judgement on the US or Islamic terrorism, nor am I leaping
to America's defence; after all, they are more than capable of defending
themselves.  It is just they are into morally neutral territory now -
neither good nor bad, just a fight with winners and losers. We are lucky
to be out of it.

-- 
William Palfreman


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