Donkey pulls the cart

 via: yodadog productions (?)


i wish this weren't true, don't you?

4 FUNdamental law of war principles!
1. Necessity -  definite military value?
2. DIStinction - only lawful targets, such as combatants or civilians directly participating in hostilities?
3. Proportionality - the anticipated collateral damage must not be excessive in relation to the anticipated military advantage.
(in order to stop a treat against a thousand people we can kill 999(like herman cain))
4. Humanity -  use weapons that won't inflict unnecessary suffering.
("humanity principle" requires use of weapons)


"due process is not judicial process."
its not?

he goes on to say that the legal requirements might not even need to be met. if its on a "battlefield". where is that 1779?

via wiki:
Due process is the legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person. Due process balances the power of law of the land and protects individual persons from it. When a government harms a person without following the exact course of the law, this constitutes a due-process violation, which offends against the rule of law.
Due process has also been frequently interpreted as limiting laws and legal proceedings (see substantive due process), so that judges - instead of legislators - may define and guarantee fundamental fairness, justice, and liberty. This interpretation has proven controversial, and is analogous to the concepts of natural justice, and procedural justice used in various other jurisdictions. This interpretation of due process is sometimes expressed as a command that the government must not be unfair to the people or abuse them physically.


Clause 39 of the Magna Carta:
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land.

Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution:
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

14th Amendment to the US Constitution:
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

"

‘There is a word in Newspeak,’ said Syme, ‘I don’t know
whether you know it: DUCKSPEAK, to quack like a duck. It is one of those interesting words that have two contradic- tory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it is abuse, applied to someone you agree with, it is praise.’

"

QUICK QUACK LOOK OVER HERE