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Skriven 2011-06-04 18:05:01 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555.1)
  Kommentar till text 19667 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
Ärende: Mladic
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Robert Bashe wrote to Michiel van der Vlist on Thursday June 02 2011 at 09:50:

 MV>>> Justice will be done.

 RB> Will it?

Yes, it will.

 RB> Try asking some of the relatives of the people murdered by
 RB> him and his soldiers.

What punishment he deserves will be decided by the court if end whe he is fund
guilty by that same court.

It is not to be deciden by the you or me. It is not to be decided by the
victims of his action or their relatives. Nor is it to be decided by his
followers. It is not to be decided by the politicians, the sodiers or a lynch
mob. The court and only the court decides.

That is the basic principle behind a fair tria by unbiassed jurors.

 MV>> .. not by execution on the spot, but by a fair trial.

 RB> He's certainly getting more than he gave, and any punishment he
 RB> receives will be a slap on the hand in comparison to his crimes

Maybe in your perception and in the perception of those who still believe
revenge equals fair judgement.

 RB> . But that's the modern method.

That is the civilised method.

 RB> The idea is to "resocialize" criminals, rather than to punish them

A good idea in principle. An eye for an eye juste lead to endless vendettas.

 RB> The only question is whether justice is _really_ served by such
 RB> spectacles.

 RB> You'll doubtless say yes. My opinion is more direct and a good deal
 RB> less forgiving.

I know. You prefer that the hassle of a trial is dispensed with. Just execute
them and use the bodies to feed the sharks.

Not my idea of civilisation...


Cheers, Michiel

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