On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Lodewijk andré de la porte <l@odewijk.nl> wrote:
... Of course it's not "extra-judicial" either.
we can debate the ethics of remote drone kills separately, though clearly i'm not an unbiased party. however, this program fits the definition of "extrajudicial killing" perfectly. having a secret judge issue a secret ruling that "you can kill in secret without a trial, without due process, as long as criteria X is met" does not change the nature of the act. "An extrajudicial killing is the killing of a person by governmental authorities without the sanction of any judicial proceeding or legal process. Extrajudicial punishments are by their nature unlawful, since they bypass the due process of the legal jurisdiction in which they occur. Extrajudicial killings often target leading political, trade union, dissident, religious, and social figures and may be carried out by the state government or other state authorities like the armed forces and police."
Anyone think this is annoying? Me too.
it was tedious before the first reply; perhaps we can agree that laws are poor substitute for ethical reasoning and depart this thread on common ground...