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| Louise Arbour: Israel may be more to blame than Hizbullah |
| 2006-11-24 |
| Israel could be considered deserving of more blame for its actions in the Lebanon war than Hizbullah, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said in an interview with The Jerusalem Post Thursday. Asked by the Post if there was a distinction under human rights law between missile attacks aimed at killing civilians and military strikes in which civilians are unintentionally killed, Arbour said the two could not be equated. "In one case you could have, for instance, a very objectionable intent - the intent to harm civilians, which is very bad - but effectively not a lot of harm is actually achieved," she said. "But how can you compare that with a case where you may not have an intent but you have recklessness [in which] civilian casualties are foreseeable? The culpability or the intent may not sound as severe, but the actual harm is catastrophic." |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #16 another reason for Bolton - clean house! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-11-24 18:32 |
| #15 Does this twit go out the door with Kofi? 37 days. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-11-24 16:38 |
| #14 Why are such people let out of special education classes? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-11-24 14:12 |
| #13 FU Dumb Bitch. |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2006-11-24 12:29 |
| #12 Arbor and her pals are Enemies general of the Human kind. To be dealt with as wolves are. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-11-24 11:56 |
| #11 "When you kill |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2006-11-24 09:29 |
| #10 According to criminal law, "there is very little distinction between recklessness and intent," she said. "It is a small distinction as to whether you desire the result, or you foresee it as virtually certain and you do not care. In terms of culpability there is not a lot of difference between recklessness and intent." Umm, sorry sister, but you are dead wrong on that. That's why the penalties are more severe for premeditated murder as opposed to manslaughter. Whether you planned and plotted as opposed to just being careless can determine how much time you spend in the pokey. Freakin' wanker has to know that. Talk about a convoluted effort to make what the Palis do seem not so bad.... |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2006-11-24 07:37 |
| #9 When you, as a UN High Commissioner, urge the Palestinian Authority Chairman to use "every legitimate means possible" to stop the rockets and to bring to justice those who launch them, while knowing deep down that it is never going to happen. "That is where I think you start having to engage in the possibility that you, and your organisation, are somewhat culpable." |
| Posted by: Bunyip 2006-11-24 05:09 |
| #8 Somehow I think that day is coming, SPo'D. Can't say when, exactly, but a revolt against the Tranzis will become part 'n parcel of CW-II. Words such as these will not be forgotten, nor forgiven. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-11-24 02:57 |
| #7 People like this are the enemies of western civilization. Better that she would have had her car filled with bullets than Pierre Gemayel. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-11-24 02:53 |
| #6 What a load of bollocks. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-11-24 02:42 |
| #5 Invite her for a two week stay of tent camping in Sderot. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-24 02:28 |
| #4 And here I thought she was merely a charter member of the Vampire Vulture Elite™ - with a Minor in Terrorist Appeasement. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-11-24 02:22 |
| #3 Most wouldn't. :-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-11-24 02:17 |
| #2 Arbour = philosopher? Thx, gorb, without you telling me, I would never suspect that's the case. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-11-24 02:14 |
| #1 Why philosophers should not be left in charge of war. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-11-24 01:52 |