As I said, I wouldn't want my government doing that - although I'm glad I didn't have to make that decision. In any case, this is a democracy and I don't have to take sole responsibility for what they do.
But would you prefer it if I rephrased it as, there are "no circumstances I can forsee in which I would want or expect the British government to shell civilian buildings using white phosphorous, against the terms of the Geneva conventions." We're not likely to get into another WWII situation.
"So you're saying the you had been PM in WWII the British whould have avoided any actions that would have killed German civillians?"
NO, read what I wrote. I said I wouldn't want the government to deliberately target civilians which is not the same thing at all. There will always be civilian casualties in war.
And the illegal use of white phosphorous as a weapon against civilians? They'll probably say it's being used to generate a smoke screen, but anyone can tell you if you start firing phosphorous shells in a densely populated area (like Gaza) you will hit people. That was a deliberate decision taken by the military, not a mistake that happens in the heat of the moment.
Governments do have the choice of being moral and ethical. There is NO CIRMCUMSTANCE AT ALL I would want or expect the British government to shell civilian buildings using white phosphorous, against the terms of the Geneva conventions. Proportionate response is the key.
(Not that I'm saying Hamas is any better - they are deliberately targetting Israeli civilians, just with less effective weapons.)
Hope you were trying for "Funny", because electric resisitive heating is the least cost effective way of heating your home. It's like pushing your car the first hundred yards to save on gas.
This kind of zealotry is what you typically get from noobs. The seasoned professional knows there is a best tool for the job, say oBSD for firewalls, whatever, and will be fairly reasonable about things.
Except if your MXs run Windows. Then YOU MUST DIE.
I'm not currently allowed to do security-cleared work in UK, because I've just spent several years living in that hotbed of communism and espionage, New Zealand. Pity the MoD don't take such a rigorous approach to basic IT competence.
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And please remember, when the Aussies say "Liberal" they mean "not very liberal at all".
"I agree. Therefore the government should immediately revoke all foreign VISAs,"
What about Mastercard?
"The King is dead, long live the King."
Bzzzt. The US pays more than any nation /per capita/ than any other country.
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/nao-report-final.doc
As I said, I wouldn't want my government doing that - although I'm glad I didn't have to make that decision. In any case, this is a democracy and I don't have to take sole responsibility for what they do.
But would you prefer it if I rephrased it as, there are "no circumstances I can forsee in which I would want or expect the British government to shell civilian buildings using white phosphorous, against the terms of the Geneva conventions." We're not likely to get into another WWII situation.
"So you're saying the you had been PM in WWII the British whould have avoided any actions that would have killed German civillians?"
NO, read what I wrote. I said I wouldn't want the government to deliberately target civilians which is not the same thing at all. There will always be civilian casualties in war.
Barack Obama has a remarkable gift for oratory, but does it mask a fatal indecisiveness, asks Janet Daley., "what I sense in Obama's love for abstract concepts and diffuse rhetorical devices is not so much the use of language as a facilitator of action, but as a way of disguising lack of decision."
Well, Janet, it would appear that you couldn't be any more wrong if you tried with both hands.
I would have read more of the article, but the sheer amount of EPIC BITTER in the comments crashed my browser.
Did you miss the "I would want" in there?
I know the British government had done/does a lot of bad stuff - I'm saying it has the choice not to.
And the illegal use of white phosphorous as a weapon against civilians? They'll probably say it's being used to generate a smoke screen, but anyone can tell you if you start firing phosphorous shells in a densely populated area (like Gaza) you will hit people. That was a deliberate decision taken by the military, not a mistake that happens in the heat of the moment.
Governments do have the choice of being moral and ethical. There is NO CIRMCUMSTANCE AT ALL I would want or expect the British government to shell civilian buildings using white phosphorous, against the terms of the Geneva conventions. Proportionate response is the key.
(Not that I'm saying Hamas is any better - they are deliberately targetting Israeli civilians, just with less effective weapons.)
Well, anything worth more than $500K, or anything that affects senators.
Oops, did I say that out loud?
That would be one of those special radios that you need to physically plug in to the sound source?
Racial segregation laws would have counted him as black.
Pardon me, but it's fucking easy for white guys to say he's not black.
"Apples not as good as oranges because ..."
Hope you were trying for "Funny", because electric resisitive heating is the least cost effective way of heating your home. It's like pushing your car the first hundred yards to save on gas.
The iPhone doesn't have a keyboard because Steve Jobs hates people.
Fixed that for you.
Woosh!
The joke will appear slightly reddy-pink as it accelerates away from you.
"No such faith comforts the software engineer." -- Fred Brooks
This kind of zealotry is what you typically get from noobs. The seasoned professional knows there is a best tool for the job, say oBSD for firewalls, whatever, and will be fairly reasonable about things.
Except if your MXs run Windows. Then YOU MUST DIE.
I'm not currently allowed to do security-cleared work in UK, because I've just spent several years living in that hotbed of communism and espionage, New Zealand. Pity the MoD don't take such a rigorous approach to basic IT competence.
Gaah, meant to reply to the previous post - http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1093353&cid=26470133 - not your one. Apologies.
Before or after being tortured?
If you think a 15 year old deserves a bullet to the head, then
FUCK YOU
Crawford, a Pentagon official who last year was put in charge of military commissions that decide whether detainees should be tried, told the Washington Post: "We tortured Qahtani. His treatment met the legal definition of torture. -- http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/15/guantanamo-bush-administration-torture-qahtani
Except they don't need to wear uniforms to not be tortured but the US did it anyway. Geneva convention FAIL.
'Crawford, a Pentagon official who last year was put in charge of military commissions that decide whether detainees should be tried, told the Washington Post: "We tortured Qahtani. His treatment met the legal definition of torture.'
-- http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/15/guantanamo-bush-administration-torture-qahtani
Fuck you very much. If they have no rights, they will be tortured, and you've given your implicit consent.