>Hi Hilmar
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>Most of the exiles mentioned in that article seem perfectly happy and well looked after. There is a good reason for providing exile (even to a bloodthirsty maniac) if it provides respite to the original country. rather than holding on to the bitter end a despot could flee.
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>Some would say that the allies desire for unconditional surrender lengthened World War 2 and quite a large proportion of the casualties occurred at the end. Maybe lives would have been saved by offering senior Nazis exile. I'm not sure but its an interesting thought.
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>Nick Mason
On the other hand, prosecuting anybody who commits crimes against humanity might deter, at least in part, other dictators.
It is certainly hard to evaluate all the consequences, but I do hope that these mass killings eventually become a thing of the past.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
