Quote:I find major differences between helping to commit genocide and what the Telecoms did and if you can't see that then I seriously have to reconsider the wieght I place your opinion of the world.I would appreciate it if you were to refrain from ad hominen statements, please.
I would also appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to learn exactly what crimes were prosecuted at Nuremberg. (Here's a place to start looking: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/project ... COUNT.html]the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Law's summary of the trials. Note how far down the list of charges the genocide charges are.)
I see no moral difference between "mistreatment of prisoners of war" and "warrantless surveillance of a media organization", especially considering how some governments view the media. But that's my opinion...
Edit: Not related to the above, I should also say that I respect your willingness to stand by your view and defend it here in the face of mounting opposition (including from me). That's a rare quality nowadays. (And now I'll refrain from ad hominen statements, too.)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012