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lokken · 14 May 2006, 01:17

technically one could argue some (perhaps slightly lame) form of duress. Which I think is a pretty fair point made on this thread.

I suppose the problem is that encouraging people to hijack planes is never a good idea, even if there might be people with sufficiently pressing reason to make it justified considering there are numerous who wouldn't be able to justify their action.

Although I think
1) punishing the hijackers
2) protecting their human rights

are two very seperate categories.

While they should be punished for their crime (and it is a crime), the question of whether they are deported is a seperate one. If they have a genuine reason to stay why shouldn't they, if like every other criminal in the UK, they have served their punishment? I would see a probationary period as some kind of ideal compromise. The clear question is whether we want to make any such behaviour acceptable by any stretch of the imagination.

14 May 2006, 01:17	#31
lokken BlueTuba Join Date: Aug 2000 Posts: 6,339	Re: Those hijackers granted temporary asylum technically one could argue some (perhaps slightly lame) form of duress. Which I think is a pretty fair point made on this thread. I suppose the problem is that encouraging people to hijack planes is never a good idea, even if there might be people with sufficiently pressing reason to make it justified considering there are numerous who wouldn't be able to justify their action. Although I think 1) punishing the hijackers 2) protecting their human rights are two very seperate categories. While they should be punished for their crime (and it is a crime), the question of whether they are deported is a seperate one. If they have a genuine reason to stay why shouldn't they, if like every other criminal in the UK, they have served their punishment? I would see a probationary period as some kind of ideal compromise. The clear question is whether we want to make any such behaviour acceptable by any stretch of the imagination. __________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."