{"id":66,"date":"2006-08-22T12:49:30","date_gmt":"2006-08-22T17:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/wordpress\/2006\/08\/22\/the-trouble-with-diplomacy\/"},"modified":"2006-08-22T12:49:30","modified_gmt":"2006-08-22T17:49:30","slug":"the-trouble-with-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/2006\/08\/22\/the-trouble-with-diplomacy","title":{"rendered":"The trouble with diplomacy."},"content":{"rendered":"

Why is it that politics today have become so complicated.  Every aspect of our legal systems and so many other legal systems around the world are based on technicalities.  For instance, Saddam Hussein is on trial right now for all of the world crimes that he has committed.  Among the long list of torture and persecution, Saddam is most likely going to be charged with genocide<\/a>.  Sounds good to me.  It seems like a simple equation; Saddam was a dictator and consequently by definition has full control of his government.  Again, sounds like a simple equation.<\/p>\n

Apparently, you have not technically committed genocide if you were not there.  I would say that no one can argue that even if Saddam was not giving direct orders, he was certainly doing nothing to stop the genocide in the country he controls.  This line of logic could go on and on, but I don’t want to bore you with that.  My point here is that my head started spinning and then was followed with a seizure, due to the fact that I was reading an article debating how likely it is that a supervillan like Saddam is not simply locked away for the rest of time.  Why do we need to spend month after month debating how responsible he is for the extermination of hundreds of thousands of people?  WTF mate?<\/a>  Call me old fashioned, but if you are even roughly associated with someone who has killed…I don’t know…say over 10,000 people, I think you should be locked up.<\/p>\n

Bouey  took Mogulee(my dog) down to the park yesterday and consequently received a ticket for not having his hand on the leash that was on her neck.  When he received the ticket, Mogulee was sitting at his feet begging for food at a picnic.  I take great pride in the fact that my dog is very well trained, and many people will vouch for this. So honestly, the leash is just a technicality to not get tickets.  <\/p>\n

Bouey asked the dog catcher, "Why am I getting a ticket when the dog is not running around or causing any trouble?"<\/p>\n

The do catcher responded with, "We saw the dog running around all over the place."<\/p>\n

The conversation went on back and forth, but of course ended up with some more revenue for the city to the sum of $70.  Where is Steve’s diplomacy?  There should have been some investigation and attorney’s involved.  How is it possible that a mass genocidal murderer with piles of dead bodies surrounding him gets months of trials and Bouey gets a ticket because the cops simply said they saw the dog running around?  I know this is extreme, but all of this is absurd.  Why is all of this so complicated?  Why does it seem harder and harder to convict clear and distinct criminals, and easier and easier to persecute harmless citizens?  I think we should consider getting our priorities straight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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