Casey, you asked 'what are our own values regardless of what the law says'? May i ask,
what about laws that are very specific, but seems to be important only when it involves one's own people? When it is against the law in a nation to imprison someone without charge after a certain period of time, when it is illegal to use violence to get information from suspected individuals, why is it all right for the same nation to have certain government agencies do those things beyond their borders ? Why is it acceptable for those government agencies to take suspects, or assist in the taking of them and then transporting them to foreign soils where torture is used for whatever purpose, or where they will be held without any recourse to legal representation and fair trial?

Good topic Vi.. it is interesting to read the thoughtful and well expressed replies....

[ December 23, 2005, 03:54 PM: Message edited by: norma ]