Comments on: Guantanamo, the Supreme Court, and the rule of law http://www.randomfate.net/MT/2006/07/13/guantanamo-the-supreme-court-and-the-rule-of-law/ One more roll of the dice... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:52:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: probligo http://www.randomfate.net/MT/2006/07/13/guantanamo-the-supreme-court-and-the-rule-of-law/#comment-268062 probligo Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:49:27 +0000 http://www.randomfate.net/MT/2006/07/13/guantanamo-the-supreme-court-and-the-rule-of-law/#comment-268062 Jack, whenever someone starts trying to categorise "terrorists" into this category or that, there is a comparison that I like to make... Consider the French Resistance in 1942. So far as the German were concerned they were "terrorists". One of the "organisers", named "White Mouse" by the Germans, was in fact a NZ woman, a Maori. In modern parlance that would put her in the same "category" as the insurgents in Iraq. Because the allies "won" WW2 they are counted as heros. Much of the current debate is about justifying revenge, not the application of justice and punishment. The question really should be - <b>"Do we treat and detain our opponents with justice and humanity in accordance with our sense of "civilisation"; or do we treat them according to our interpretation of the rules irrespective of how inhumane the consequences?" Jack, whenever someone starts trying to categorise “terrorists” into this category or that, there is a comparison that I like to make…

Consider the French Resistance in 1942. So far as the German were concerned they were “terrorists”. One of the “organisers”, named “White Mouse” by the Germans, was in fact a NZ woman, a Maori. In modern parlance that would put her in the same “category” as the insurgents in Iraq.

Because the allies “won” WW2 they are counted as heros.

Much of the current debate is about justifying revenge, not the application of justice and punishment.

The question really should be -

“Do we treat and detain our opponents with justice and humanity in accordance with our sense of “civilisation”; or do we treat them according to our interpretation of the rules irrespective of how inhumane the consequences?”

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