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Targeted killing by drones is a war crime. RC Aug 2012 #1
Drones are the new nuclear weapons. They need to be outlawed by all indie9197 Aug 2012 #2
285...nt SidDithers Aug 2012 #3
If your counting has to do with the OP and not the content, it is a TOS violation. Bonobo Aug 2012 #4
Good edit... SidDithers Aug 2012 #5
So what do the numbers mean? Bonobo Aug 2012 #7
No... SidDithers Aug 2012 #8
This is the first (and only) thread I have spoken to you on. Bonobo Aug 2012 #9
Am I posting a "running count on all his threads", as you're accusing me of doing?...nt SidDithers Aug 2012 #10
I saw two threads in which you had posted consecutive numbers. Bonobo Aug 2012 #11
And the personal attacks continue... SidDithers Aug 2012 #12
No... Bonobo Aug 2012 #15
I'm a reasonable person. 285 isn't "information", because it has no context, patrice Aug 2012 #35
So, answer him. I read the content. 285 is meaningless to that. rug Aug 2012 #16
What do the numbers mean? n/t sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #30
The numbers mean something/anything/nothing & IMO, that's Sid. nt patrice Aug 2012 #36
629 Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2012 #23
479 mike_c Aug 2012 #26
Dunno technically, but definitely fits the legal definition of crime against humanity Poll_Blind Aug 2012 #6
Democracies don't do assassinations. Oblomov Aug 2012 #13
Who is the tyrant in your scenario?...nt SidDithers Aug 2012 #14
I don't know. George Walker Bush? He killed a U.S. citizen without trial. Oblomov Aug 2012 #17
I wasn't thinking of anyone. I wanted to know who you were thinking of... SidDithers Aug 2012 #18
Are you a policeman? Oblomov Aug 2012 #19
He's one of the self-appointed guardians of purity. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2012 #25
Bush claimed total control over decisions of life and death without review, without input sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #31
Always a good question, but one that IS extremely hard to answer, so the best patrice Aug 2012 #32
We don't live in a Democracy. We live in a Republic. patrice Aug 2012 #29
K&R Solly Mack Aug 2012 #20
There is no dilemma, there is an unwillingness to face the facts. bemildred Aug 2012 #21
Gee, I wonder why the United States isn't signed on to the ICC? Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2012 #22
Drone strikes are as indiscriminate as chemical or biological weapons 1-Old-Man Aug 2012 #24
If we really want to operate under the banner of international law, which we don't, Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2012 #27
I don't know. That doesn't excuse me, but it IS a fact. I. don't. know. & I do know: patrice Aug 2012 #28
Was Bush right then when he claimed total power over all decisions like this? Were we on the sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #33
All persons should maintain and OWN their rights to their own decisions. I am just patrice Aug 2012 #34
We have laws that society collectively agreed on through their chosen representatives. sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #37
All true, but what about the fact that, whether we like it or not, that "representation" patrice Aug 2012 #40
I think we may agree that the Constitution is not the God some people want to patrice Aug 2012 #44
Fascism on our front door Herlong Aug 2012 #38
I think it all depends MNBrewer Aug 2012 #39
A VERY broad statement about BILLIONS of people, ergo, bias. Without patrice Aug 2012 #41
Billions of people + a practically infinite number of permutations of factors per patrice Aug 2012 #42
Just because you can't/don't see it doesn't mean it isn't there; doesn't mean patrice Aug 2012 #43
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