21 Feb 11
Does insisting that Raymond Davis should have diplomatic diplomacy after gunning down two men in Pakistan make a mockery of this important principle and the protection it affords people who are legally going about their nation's legitimate work overseas?
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21 Feb 11
Originally posted by FMFI see no reaosn why anyone should be afforded diplomatic immunity.
Does insisting that Raymond Davis should have diplomatic diplomacy after gunning down two men in Pakistan make a mockery of this important principle and the protection it affords people who are legally going about their nation's legitimate work overseas?
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People should abide by the laws of the country they are in, and accept the consequesnces of any wrongdoing. If they are not willing to do so, then they should not be in that country.
21 Feb 11
Originally posted by KazetNagorra... and the fact the countries don't want their diplomats in enemy countries arrested on trumped up charges every time the other country wants to make a political statement.
Diplomatic immunity seems more of an artifact of an ancient society based on a dominant aristocracy.
21 Feb 11
Originally posted by adramforallDon't you think that promoting a system whereby countries are willing to send ambassadors to the countries they are enemies of makes sense?
I see no reaosn why anyone should be afforded diplomatic immunity.
People should abide by the laws of the country they are in, and accept the consequesnces of any wrongdoing. If they are not willing to do so, then they should not be in that country.
21 Feb 11
Originally posted by sh76Surely they could just threaten to tear diplomatic ties, something countries regularly do anyway.
... and the fact the countries don't want their diplomats in enemy countries arrested on trumped up charges every time the other country wants to make a political statement.
21 Feb 11
why don't you ( faux intellectuals ) wait for the facts.
maybe this gentleman was the victim of a crime.
is it possible that crime exists in pakistan ?
i think sometimes that most of the people who post here live on welfare...they borrow their brains from those who think.
22 Feb 11
Originally posted by sh76Such a principle hardly applies under the facts as known in this case, does it? It's one thing to encourage the exchange of ambassadors and diplomatic personnel; it's quite another to ignore the gunning down of your citizens in the streets.
... and the fact the countries don't want their diplomats in enemy countries arrested on trumped up charges every time the other country wants to make a political statement.