Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site sjuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!amd!pesnta!hplabs!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!houxm!mhuxt!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!sjuvax!kirsch From: kirsch@sjuvax.UUCP (P. Kirsch) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: State Terrorism Message-ID: <2444@sjuvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 23-Oct-85 15:36:25 EST Article-I.D.: sjuvax.2444 Posted: Wed Oct 23 15:36:25 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 20:24:42 EST References: <903@abnji.UUCP> <486@sbcs.UUCP> Reply-To: kirsch@sjuvax.UUCP (P. Kirsch) Organization: St. Joseph's University, Phila. PA. Lines: 42 Keywords: Was it legal?? In article <486@sbcs.UUCP> debray@sbcs.UUCP (Saumya Debray) writes: >> Does not the act of forcing the aircraft to fly to Sicily qualify as >> an act of "state terrorism" by teh US Government? > >Not if the sole object of the exercise is to bring criminals to justice. >If a cop arrested a mugger, would you call that a violation of the mugger's >civil rights? > >> By the US legal system, these people were guilty of NO crimes ... > >Say that to Leon Klinghoffer, buddy, his body washed up on Syria yesterday. >Or to his widow. I'm sure she'll love you for it! > >> ... yet were adbucted without the due process of the law being followed. > >It's naive to believe that these people appreciate a turning of the other >cheek. After a while, one gets tired of being kicked around and does a >little kicking oneself. >-- >Saumya Debray Even if you don't bring emotion into it (no offense intended by that) they were guilty of crimes in terms of INTERNATIONAL law. Piracy is an international crime punishable by death.(That's not my opinion it's law) Even with Leon Klinghoffer aside, the simple act of piracy is sufficient enough for us to bring them to justice--and sentence them to death if we so desire. (Note:I'm not giving my opinion here--this is international law!) -- Another wunnerful letter from the semi-intelligent rotting brain of: Paul Kirsch St. Joseph's University Philadelphia, Pa { astrovax | allegra | bpa | burdvax } !sjuvax!kirsch Warning: Objects in Terminal Room are Closer than they Appear...