[thechat] Mumbai bomb blasts

[Martin Burns]

On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 03:01  am, Lachlan Cannon wrote:

> Heironymous Bosch wrote:
>> You kill?  On purpose?  You die.
>
> Ahh yes, an eye for an eye.. such an effective way of ending the 
> crime...

It's a nice circular argument too.

And does that just apply to the person pulling the trigger? If so, we 
can include I think most recent US presidents, probably most recent UK 
PMs and the directors of a number of multinational companies (Shell for 
example, with regard to Nigeria).

> So what happens when it's you in front of the court and despite 
> knowing your own innocence you're unable to prove it?

Off the top of my head from the UK:
* Guildford 4
* Birmingham 6
* Derek Bentley

Cheers
Martin
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