Sunny Guantanamo (Re: Speaking of the Geneva convention)

[J.A. Terranson]

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Justin wrote:

> Jim Dixon (2003-12-19 13:30Z) wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, J.A. Terranson wrote:
> > 
> > > In a nutshell, our Constitution *recognizes* universal human rights.
> > > It does not *establish* these rights.  If we are going to be
> > > faithful to this premise, physical location is a non-sequitor.
> > 
> > This is a valid and probably commendable political position.  I do not
> > believe, however, that it reflects current practice in the USA or
> > elsewhere.
> 
> If these rights apply to everyone at all times, how does war work?  War
> is clearly a deprivation of life, liberty, or property without due
> process.  Which of those three are suffering deprivation depends on the
> type of war and particular battle plans.

Precisely.  Under this viewpoint, [initiation of] war does *not* work.  We
have zero moral authority to wage war under the system we pretend to operate
under.

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Yours, 
J.A. Terranson
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patriotism, must give way to a wider loyalty, to the love of humanity as a
whole. Bah'u'llh's statement is: "The earth is but one country, and mankind
its citizens." 

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