Posted on 01/11/2004 5:36:57 PM PST by kellynla
But crimes against humanity are also deemed to be part of jus cogens-the highest standing in international legal norms. [The highest of the fictions] Thus, they constitute a non-derogable rule of international law. The implication of this standing is that they are subject to universal jurisdiction, [Universal jurisdiction is a socialist law professor's dream.]meaning that all States can exercise their jurisdiction in prosecuting a perpetrator irrespective of where the crime was committed. It also means that all States have the duty to prosecute or extradite, [rhetorical posturing] that no person charged with that crime can claim the "political offense exception" to extradition, and that States have the duty to assist each other in securing evidence needed to prosecute. [No such duty exists.] But of greater importance is the fact that no perpetrator can claim the "defense of obedience to superior orders" [More Nuremberg nonsense caused by the U.S. If such rules were truly followed, a nation's military would have to cease operations.] and that no statute of limitation contained in the laws of any State can apply. Lastly, no one is immune from prosecution for such crimes, even a head of State. [Giving nations yet one more reason to refuse to cooperate with foreign prosecutors.]
These international law fabulists took things that were born of treaties between specific states under very specific conditions, like the Geneva Conventions, ignored their conditional nature, and universalized them. Their dishonesty about the law is approached only by their moral hubris.
Are you calling Lou Dobbs a leftist?
Knowing that the final guest worker bill, if any, will be vastly different than what is being touted these day, Pres. Bush has set the Left's agenda. This seems rather clever to me. On the one hand, the left espouses the diversity/one-world/borderless mantra to the nth degree, but now, because Pres. Bush appears to somewhat agree, now the Left is asking for more secured borders, which is really what the conservative base wants. Bravo, Pres. Bush! Just the fact that Lou Dobbs of CNN has a graphic up that reads "Broken Borders" is a major step in the right direction.
Please cite the leftists who seek more secure borders. All the leftists I've read or heard, say that Pres. Bush offered too little. Perhaps they exist in the same parallel universe, in which Lou Dobbs is a leftist, and a president who eliminates his own nation's borders while fighting foreign wars to secure them, is a "genius."
Crossing the U.S. border without a visa is a felony, period, not a matter of a "govt. definition." You sound like Bill Clinton on the meaning of "is."
I believe you are scapegoating the minorities and illegals and giving them far too much of the blame for society's ills.
For example, I think you left out the teacher's union, the trial lawyers, the environmental wackos, but probably most importantly is societal values epitomized by mtv, reality tv, jerry springer, almost every recent movie ever made, ophra winfrey, monica lewinsky, etc. Finally, you left out blaming the biggest minority of all, white women who have adopted attitudes and behavior that are perplexing at best.
I'm sure you and the captain would never have sailed together again.
I can't believe you didn't read the series of posts, leading to my posting of the legal and technical definitions of a "crime against humanity."
I don't know what you think you're saying, or proving... Because your statement is so torturous to read, so utterly absent of structure or direction, that you have posted babble.
A piece of advice to you- before you exhibit such moral outrage again, read the thread, and understand what is being said, and why.
If you do, you'll avoid looking foolish in the future.
Pathetic. You can't win an argument, so you misrepresent what your critic said. the fact that you want our immigration laws abolished does not give you the right to misrepresent them.
P.S. I saw more than enough of your argument with staytrue.
I have no idea. I don't like the vitriolic posturing of the anti immigrant crowd. If you read Capitalist eric's posts, you can understand what I mean. This stuff about rape being as bad as INS violations is ridiculous.
I would like to see the welfare state cut back, a sales tax replacing the income tax, tort reform, school vouchers, conservative judges, honesty in govt.
10 million illegal immigrants are not a big issue to me. Most of these are concentrated in a few areas, probably your area which is why it is a big issue to you. 10 million illegals in a population of 300 million is not a big deal. But if the 10 million are all more or less in one place, it is a big deal for that place.
I would like to change the constitution to eliminate the anchor babies. I would like the border controlled better. I like the guest worker idea. I would eliminate most welfare for guest workers and citizens alike.
I think most americans can trace their roots back to immigration of less than 4-5 generations or less which is not a lot.
Selling alchohol in this country used to be not a crime, then it was a crime, then it was not a crime. Now it is a crime in certain counties, and in certain states, it is a crime on sunday but not m-s, and is a crime if a bar sells it after a certain time. Immigration from mexico used to be not a crime, but now it is for some and not for others who get the proper papers, and if the guest worker proposals become law, it will not be a crime for 3 years.
This is the quote from that post which was claimed to have been sent to POTUS.
Why not put a proposal out there, to grant amnesty to all rapists? They, too, are criminals. Plus, you would guarantee that all rapists (those who are no longer criminals) will now vote for YOU...
There is no fundamental difference in the comparison, you see... A criminal is a criminal.
And a middle class that cannot control who enters their home no longer owns their own home.
We can control who enters our home as GWB has proven with the detainment and deportation of thousands of people from Islamist countries since 9/11. We just don't care that much about people coming in from Mexico to work.
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