21 January 2004

THIS JUST IN: International Criminal Court used for political prosecution

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British use of cluster bombs in the Iraq war could count as a war crime and justifies further investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor in the Hague, a group of international lawyers say.

This is precisely what I expected the ICC to be used for. As we all know, anything is allowed during peace time if the government provides universal health care.

However, if I were British I wouldn’t worry about this too much - it sounds mainly like a bunch of loony lawyers spouting off. I doubt that even the ICC is stupid enough to try and duplicate that little debacle in Belgium

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Hoisted by their own euphemism

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A small group of Westside High School students plastered the school Monday with posters advocating that a white student from South Africa receive the “Distinguished African American Student Award” next year.

[…] The posters were removed by administrators because they were “inappropriate and insensitive,” Westside spokeswoman Peggy Rupprecht said Tuesday. […] Rupprecht said disciplinary action was taken against the students involved but, citing student privacy policies, she declined to specify the penalties or what about the students’ action led to them.

Obviously they didn’t mean African African.

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