Terrorists as Pirates

[ryoder 1,384]

A very interesting article outlining the similarity of terrorsts and pirates, and advocating that the solution is to treat them as such:

http://www.legalaffairs.org/issues/July-August-2005/feature_burgess_julaug05.msp

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[StreetScooby 5]

Started reading the article. Sounds good. I'll comment once I'm done. Thanks for posting it.

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[Lindsey 0]

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[StreetScooby 5]

Really, really good article. Made alot of sense. Hope someone in power acts on it. Their point that Bush is taking the wrong political tact here, saying it's a war when it's really "pirate" acts, is very well reasoned.

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[StreetScooby 5]

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I take it the Ambien wore off?

BTW - I used to take that stuff, for about 5 years. Be careful with using it for long periods of time. I started "sleep walking". It's not a good thing to drive to the store and not remember it.

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[Lindsey 0]

I take it the Ambien wore off?

lol....yeah, mostly. Sure is nice to sleep through the night from time-to-time. :)

linz

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A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail

[Andy9o8 0]

This is essentially consistent with what I keep saying all along: suspected terrorists in custody are either combatants subject to the guidelines of the Geneva Convention, or criminal defendants subject to due process of law under the civilian criminal laws of one or more nations, and/or under an international court of justice. There is no "third category", despite the Bush Administration's attempts to fabricate one where one does not exist. Defining terrorists as pirates simply clarifies that they should be treated as criminal defendants.

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There is no "third category",

But, there is. Pirates. That's the whole point of the article. Pirates are people not associated with states who are "enemies of mankind".

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[Andy9o8 0]

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There is no "third category",

But, there is. Pirates. That's the whole point of the article. Pirates are people not associated with states who are "enemies of mankind".

No; I'm correct. The article proposes to define terrorism "as an international crime that could be prosecuted before the International Criminal Court". That means terrorists, as pirates (ARRRR) would be deemed "criminal defendants."

[StreetScooby 5]

How were Pirates tried and convicted?

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