tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post2807238053290823224..comments2024-02-28T22:10:28.445-05:00Comments on With Malice Toward None: Interesting Corner PostEl Duderinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12572185127391515950noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post-50792163075689916282007-01-08T22:32:00.000-05:002007-01-08T22:32:00.000-05:00Yet Dexter is right -- the argument about a "hosta...Yet Dexter is right -- the argument about a "hostage situation", terrorists threatening murder unless S.H is released, is a red herring, morally, in terms of warfare & justice.<br /><br />It doesn't work that way, and no matter what folks threatened, it should not impinge (generally) on an execution. The question here is whether an execution should have happened, period.<br /><br />On that, I waver, I admit. But maybe4 it shouldn't have been so quick?http://www.slate.com/id/2156776/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post-12011606612656767962007-01-03T20:40:00.000-05:002007-01-03T20:40:00.000-05:00Actually, that's not clear at all.
(link)Actually, that's not clear at all.<br />(<a href="http://aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=11829">link</a>)zaphodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182049990152328515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post-59286454312787439592007-01-03T15:18:00.000-05:002007-01-03T15:18:00.000-05:00I meant they could have enacted your hypothetical ...I meant they could have enacted your hypothetical situation the entire time he was in custody. Clearly no one wanted him loose.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04839837286189113610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post-62060071953237017862007-01-02T15:40:00.000-05:002007-01-02T15:40:00.000-05:00Killing innocents? Nothing. But at least if the ...Killing innocents? Nothing. But at least if the Iraqis are forced to release Saddam at this point he has been rendered more or less harmless.El Duderinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12572185127391515950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post-58661572882315669012007-01-02T14:41:00.000-05:002007-01-02T14:41:00.000-05:00What's to stop them from doing it anyway?What's to stop them from doing it anyway?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04839837286189113610noreply@blogger.com