Release Saddam now

[proclus at gnu-darwin.org]

On 19 Dec, James A. Donald wrote:
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> 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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