crime

Terrorists are not criminals

כ״ט בניסן ה׳תשע״א (Tuesday 3 May 2011)

Terrorists are not criminals in the sense that burglars, drunk drivers, perjurers, rapists and litterers are criminals. Terrorism may incidentally be a crime by its inclusion in the statutes that make it one, though pretty much any single action in the modern state is a crime by that standard. The proper paradigm with which to [...]

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Wikileaks

כ״ט בכסלו ה׳תשע״א (Monday 6 December 2010)

I don’t have any strong feelings for or against Wikileaks at all, which feels very weird, because I definitely think I should. Seth Roberts endorsed a New Yorker commenter who argues that honest people support Wikileaks and dishonest people oppose it. This seems particularly disingenuous to me, and I’d add at least one more group [...]

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Israel is a Police State

י׳ באב ה׳תש״ע (Wednesday 21 July 2010)

Israeli propaganda would have you believe that Israel is a liberal western democracy. Though it’s true that Israel is a democracy – much to our detriment – this society is not western, and there is very little about life here that’s liberal. Israeli citizens are required to carry identification and explain who they are and [...]

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The Coming Shalit Deal

ו׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (Monday 23 November 2009)

A deal to free Gilad Shalit is imminent. Or it isn’t. It’s impossible to tell from any article like this one. In general, reports that a deal is imminent are usually manufactured by one side, namely by one side’s negotiating team, to pressure the other side into restarting negotiations. They may also be planted in [...]

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