Posted by Dunder on October 9, 2006, at 6:34:22
In reply to Re: please rephrase that » Dunder, posted by Dr. Bob on October 8, 2006, at 13:27:19
> > I don't wish to offend anyone or get blocked again
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> > In my opinion, I feel that he should have resigned a long time ago given that he has acted as a war criminal according to international law.
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> Thanks for trying not to offend anyone. But even though it's qualified, I'm not sure I'd consider:
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> > he has acted as a war criminal
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> to be sensitive to the feelings of those who support him. So keeping in mind that it tends to be more civil to talk about how you feel than what someone else did, could you please rephrase that?
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> FYI, there's a nice discussion of I-statements at:
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> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20040112/msgs/320097.html
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> Thanks,
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> BobDear Dr Bob,
I believe I was very careful with my wording. It is not about my opinion in this case. According to international law it is illegal to attack another country unless as an act of self defence. The UN determined this was not the case with the invasion of Iraq. I am no expert in international law but I think that it is clear that if you break the law with respect to waging war on another country then that does make you a war criminal. I guess you could argue that this is a matter of opinion depending on whether you believe that international law should be determined via the UN or whether the most powerful nations should decide what is legal.
Maybe I should have said that "as a supporter of multilateralism and the UN I believe that Tony Blair has acted as a war criminal according to international law".
I sincerely would not wish to offend anyone here.
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