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Stossel : Attacks on Freedom
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29/07/2010 18:23:52
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>>>So now Clinton, GW2B et al may be arrested in any country, say Belgium, which decides they may be guilty of war crimes.
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>>Ask the French what happened when a Judge tried to just question Kissinger while in France. We live under the illusion that the law applies for everyone equally.
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>No we don't. Anyone with a lick of sense or knowledge of reality knows that is not true. It's not even a status issue (like it used to be in Britain and may still exist to some extent); now it's more "how much money do you have?" Or are you a relative or personal friend of someone with a lot of money or power??? A lot of supposedly diplomatic folks get caught in unbelievable crimes here and get off free and sent home (sometimes - sometimes they get to stay and have no repercussions).
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>And when it comes to U.S. Presidents, Vice Presidents or anyone in the top leadership, no matter how idiotic, they are more likely to get a Nobel Peace Prize...

I meant we in the general sense, not that I believe in it, but it is what is been sold to us

Don't get me started with the Nobel Peace Prize <g>
"The five senses obstruct or deform the apprehension of reality."
Jorge L. Borges?

"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
Donald Knuth, repeating C. A. R. Hoare

"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely"
Jorge L. Borges
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