Comments for The Spindle

Comment on The Twilight Zone by Mash

Mash — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:28:18 +0000

they didn’t sighn the additional protocols to te conventions, but not everyone have. And also, the conventions are now considered customary law, which means it doesnt really matter if they have sighned it or not.

Comment on The Twilight Zone by mtrius

mtrius — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:47:21 +0000

Funny, I recall that the conventional wisdom was that Israel didn’t sign the conventions. I guess it’s my fault for not checking properly… I’ll put in a fix. Thanks!

Comment on The Twilight Zone by Mash

Mash — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:22:36 +0000

Just a point- Israel HAS sighned the geneva coventions. It has also been appying most of the 4th on the occupied territories up until the “hinatkut”. There is a question as to whether the conventions apply in this case, since Hamas does not represent a state and is not acting on Israeli territory.

Comment on Terror and Tyranny by mtrius

mtrius — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:43:53 +0000

Indeed, I have characterized that radical (shudder) statement as a “bombastic hyperbole” because, although I truly believe in it in terms of values as well as a pragmatic judgment, it is not the sort of choice it is truly possible to make in the heart.

Comment on Terror and Tyranny by Brie

Brie — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:10:51 +0000

Gives all those “freedom isn’t free” stickers a whole new ring.
While I can not fully agree with the radical sentiment at the begining of your blog I think you hit the nail on the head when it comes to our freedoms. We are losing them in radical ways and those that are fighting in wars aren’t fighting for our freedoms. They are fighting for some rich, white, male’s retribution.