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**avdddcxnelkaxz** · 02-23-2009, 05:28 PM

If we don't follow the rule of law, than many innocent people can be punished/stored indefinitely/etc. These numbers have traditionally been in the thousands or hundreds of thousands or more.

There is a reason why rule of law should be one of the highest priorities. The cost is way too high to ignore it.

Yadda yadda yadda THERE IS NO LAW.

Morever, rule of law is important because it helps prevent a government from oppressing its citizens. I am substantially less worried about our government oppressing other countries' citizens. (Rightly! Think about why it's bad for the government to ignore rule of law.)

If it is in reference to 'this isn't the first time such has happend' I would point to any group of resistance fighters. Many of them in the past would kill civilians (collaborators/etc) just as these do. I really don't see what is special about them, other than that they did it to us (for the first time, really, since the american indians did it in the 19th century). I'm not an expert on international law, but I offer up the fact that the courts are setting precedents as evidence that there isn't really settled law in this situation. Your argument is one of several that the courts are given to consider.

02-23-2009, 05:28 PM	#24
avdddcxnelkaxz Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 414 Senior Member	If we don't follow the rule of law, than many innocent people can be punished/stored indefinitely/etc. These numbers have traditionally been in the thousands or hundreds of thousands or more. There is a reason why rule of law should be one of the highest priorities. The cost is way too high to ignore it. Yadda yadda yadda THERE IS NO LAW. Morever, rule of law is important because it helps prevent a government from oppressing its citizens. I am substantially less worried about our government oppressing other countries' citizens. (Rightly! Think about why it's bad for the government to ignore rule of law.) If it is in reference to 'this isn't the first time such has happend' I would point to any group of resistance fighters. Many of them in the past would kill civilians (collaborators/etc) just as these do. I really don't see what is special about them, other than that they did it to us (for the first time, really, since the american indians did it in the 19th century). I'm not an expert on international law, but I offer up the fact that the courts are setting precedents as evidence that there isn't really settled law in this situation. Your argument is one of several that the courts are given to consider.
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