[WikiEN-l] Wikipedians as war criminals

Wed Apr 16 12:51:41 UTC 2003

I'm tempted to say that I'll keep mine off, if you'll keep yours off -- but that would be wrong. It would lead to that "downward spiral" which Martin Luther King spoke against so eloquently.

I'd be better off incorporating your ideas about Europe's perception of America and about American "happiness" to impose its will, into the [[ICC]] article :-)

Obediently,

Ed Poor

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From: tarquin [mailto:tarquin at planetunreal.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 6:45 PM
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Poor, Edmund W wrote:

> I'm content to be considered a "criminal" by the ICC -- it has no 
> jurisdiction outside of countries which have signed its stupid treaty 
> -- and I never travel to those dumb places anyway. So there! Nyaah, nyaah.
>  
> I stay in the civilized world, where there is Rule By Law -- not 
> kangaroo courts making politicized decisions in favor of ruthless 
> dictatorships.

Shades of not invented here?
 From what I read & hear, the general perception in Europe is that it's 
the US who's at fault for refusing to sign up to (yet another) 
international effort.
Ed, please keep your politics off-list, especially at a time when the US 
is only too happy to impose its will by force without the backing of the 
UN. At least the ICC has that.