Back 80 years and there was another lot of ttbn types who believed that children should pay for the "sins" of their parents as well.

I think that some people believe that these children are just like their own children, grandchildren, great grandchildren. They are not. They have been badly damaged by their parents and the terrible conditions they have lived in. They are likely to be permanently damaged. As a father, grandfather and great grandfather, this saddens and angers me.

Nevertheless, it would be grossly irresponsible to bring them here; or should I say, it will be irresponsible when they are brought here, as the crazy Labor government seems unable to see sense.

If the mob you support were in power, they would see "sense" would they not ttbn.

ttbn types who believed that children should pay for the "sins" of their parents as well.
Paul1405,
Very much the thinking within the guilt industry's Paul1405's over the past 80 years !

Indy,

If extremists were ever to come to power its easy to see how certain people would go along with so called "necessary" action. You and ttbn are typical of those types.

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Dear David,

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You note : « … the greatest terrorist in today's world is Putin » … and you ask :

« Will he be brought to justice? Have any of the presidents of the US been brought to account for Vietnam and deeds of 'shocks and awe' in Iraq? Will anybody in China be brought to account for the crimes in Sinkiang? »
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Those are good questions, David. For obvious reasons, heads of state are well protected, but they are not totally immune from justice, political uprisings, and personal vendetta.

You mention Putin but let us not forget that Nicholas II of Russia, his wife, and five children were all executed in 1918. Who knows what fate awaits President Putin ? Erik Møse, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine indicated in his Sept 2022 progress report that Russian forces had committed indiscriminate attacks on both civilians and combatants, including torture and sexual and gendered-based violence. The age of the victims ranged from 4 to 82 years.

According to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), heads of state are immune for all acts performed during their time in power, including torture, genocide, and crimes against humanity. But the House of Lords in the UK considered in the case of Pinochet of Chili that the nature of the acts of mass murders, torture, and disappearances could not logically be considered official acts and that Pinochet was not entitled to immunity in the courts of the UK.

The Us, Canada, and, to a certain extent, the EU seem to be of a similar frame of mind.

We shall have to wait to see what the future brings.

Apart from Nicholas II of Russia, it’s worth recalling the fate of a few notable heads of state such as:

Mussolini (Italy) 1945 - executed by firing squad

Pétain (France) 1945 – death by guillotine commuted to life imprisonment

Ceausescu (Romania) 1989 - executed by firing squad

Saddam Hussein (Iraq) 2006 - executed by hanging

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