[Sosfbay-discuss] Impeachment

[Duende]

Thanks Much Cameron

I'm absolutely opposed to the death penalty but there's times I  
forget it when it comes to the high crimes of our leaders.

As far as Genral Tojo is concerned, I was under the belief that the  
US had basically antagonized Japan into a war starting with bringing  
US battle ships into Japanese harbors.

Peace
Duende



On Feb 13, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Cameron L. Spitzer wrote:

>
> Wes wrote (in UTF-8):
>
>> If, at the end of WW II, the figures who were responsible for  
>> starting
>> that war, e.g. Gen Tojo, were executed for what they did, why  
>> should the
>> same not be the fate of Bush / Cheney.  Impeachment, trial,  
>> sentencing
>> and reaping the reward for starting a war of choice.
>
> Impeachment and a truly fair trial should be routine.
>
> Execution is an act of revenge.  Not deterrence, nor correction
> nor justice.  It presumes power and authority no government
> should have.  It normalizes murder.  It undermines legitimate
> government authority and terrorizes oppressed populations.
> It's incompatible with broad and consistent recognition of
> the fundamental human rights.
> Governments that do it attract lawless tyrants into their
> leadership, and they bring all kinds of corruption with them.
>
> No executions.  If our platform doesn't already say that, it should.
> It's not even a radical position; it's where a lot of the nations
> we consider "developed" or "civilized" have been for decades.
>
> It seems to me that GWB, Cheney, and the rest exhibit various
> disorders that psychiatry can diagnose and has management
> protocols for.  A society with a functional justice and health
> care systems would isolate them for everyone's safety, and deliver
> appropriate care.  They belong in the loony bin, not the death
> chamber or a warehouse.  We should be able to treat
> even dangerously insane people with compassion.
>
>
> Cameron
>
>
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