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...better than that of many other countries in the region, no other country in the region is recognized as militarily occupying land and assigning rights differentially between those occupied and those who are not. While the Egyptian government’s purges of Islamists, for example, may be heinous in nature, that is a government acting against a community perceived as being part of the nation, and hence is different in quality from Israel’s actions in the Occupied Territories...
...these suspects? Photos of the men suspected to be at the heart of the terrifying killing spree that paralyzed the nation for weeks show a relaxed pair, smiling broadly, warmly at the camera. It?s hard to reconcile the image with what we know of the killer(s) heinous crimes: because of what they did, 10 families are forever without a loved one, and three families continue to pray for their wounded...
Rape is one of the most heinous crimes short of murder. It is therefore imperative that students accused of rape are tried in a criminal court and not in a pseudo-legal rape tribunal at Harvard University...
...these defendants. The only possible response to that from the backers of the tribunals is, “So what?” In Nuremburg, in Yugoslavia and in Rwanda, the “international community,” meaning the strong nations, decided that the crimes were so heinous that they didn’t care that they had no statutory authority under an existing legal framework to prosecute these cases. Rather, they invented a court and prosecutors, created rules for it to follow, and gave it powers (based on their military strength, whether it be as military conquerors...
...hopes to help repair that damage. Thursday, as America's Catholic cardinals left Rome, relief hung thick in the air: at last, activity would replace passivity. The unspeakable had been spoken, and the Pope himself had called the abuse "a crime." Now, when the press asks questions about the heinous crimes of priests, at least the country's cardinals and bishops will be able to acknowledge the problem, and remind parishioners that a solution is being worked...