Posted by tealady on October 21, 2006, at 2:47:54
In reply to Re: doctor jailed for refusing order to go to Iraq » alexandra_k, posted by tealady on October 21, 2006, at 0:03:11
> I guess you can think it's better hana century or so ago when you didn't obey orders in the British army.. at least he was only jailed, not shot... thinking of beginning of the Oz army here
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> .. they may jail in UK for no paying taxes (which may be used in support of the war too), I heard of something along those linesI don't know what he's doing in the army though if he objects to the war in Iraq. I would think it's been going on long enough for him to get out?, and its not like he was conscripted ?
.. not sure here.. in which case there is some validity in the "trying to make a martyr of himself" .. or at least "make a point" argument.I don't personally agree with the "punishment" of jail though.. I reckon society shouldn't throw away his skills, or crowd its jails unnecessarily.. not even consuidering the wasted cost of his "stay" for all concerned!
Maybe 6 months of hospital doc work with no pay or similar would have been far better for all concerned.. including the UK.. which surely is what our justice sytem is supposedly about?
He could have "served his country" far better this way.. or if he was sent to an area with more refugees he could have helped make amends for what he believed his country was wrongfully doing... at least I think he should have been given the choice..There appears to me to be a lack of vision/flexibily/thought in the justice system displayed here.
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