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Originally Posted by StrongInTheArm
Say yes or no to the question in post 21 and I'll accept you are not being vague  |
Offering a typed and notarized answer was vague?
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Originally Posted by StrongInTheArm
Baring in mind the crime was committed by the state, who do you think should prosecute, judge and punish the criminals?
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I know this may be hard for your collectivist mind to grasp, but "states" do not commit crimes. People do. Like the LA police who were convicted of civil rights violations, we do not judge a state - we judge the people who commit the crime.
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Originally Posted by StrongInTheArm
And what should the punishment be for a head of state convicted of such a crime?
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Punishments are hard to determine without. Sometimes people commit murder and go to prison for six month, while a tax evader can go to prison for five years or more.
And simply being head of state doesn't make one responsible. The My Lai massacres weren't order by the president, so it would be absurd to hold the president responsible.