From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Wed Aug 14 2002 - 00:30:47 MDT
On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 01:24 am, John K Clark wrote:
> "Harvey Newstrom" <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com> Wrote:
>
>> The main problems with the US image is not so
>> much what we do, but the way we want to impose
>> different rules for "us" versus "them".
>
> True, but I don't see the problem. Can you think on any nation at any
> time
> in the history of the world where a country (or individual for that
> matter)
> did not want to be judged by different rules than anybody else? I
> can't. The
> only variable is that some nations have the power to make it stick, and
> some
> don't.
This is the root cause of terrorism.
>> We want our borders to be sacrosanct, but insist
>> that we be allowed to infiltrate other countries and assassinate our
>> enemies without notifying the country.
>
> I think state sponsored assassination is a fine thing, certainly it's
> better
> than the alternative, war and mass death. I like the fact that the
> person,
> often the only person, responsible for your grievance is the one who is
> punished; and if you're really good at it nobody will even know you did
> it,
> or at least they won't be able to prove it.
I don't think it is a good idea to give the government ultimate power of
life and death over people with no accountability or disclosure. Why
would we want to have secret assassinations that nobody could ever prove
we did if we really believed we were right?
> It's called taking personal
> responsibility and no, I don't think it would be a very good idea to
> notify
> them beforehand that you intend to do it.
How does giving the government all this power and removing individual
power to question the government do anything to enhance personal
responsibility. I don't want the government to warn criminals in
advance of any police action, but I do expect the government to prove
its case before execution.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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