Should these two be tried for Treason?

[Bobbisox]

http://www.dailymail....anistan.html?ITO=1490


What makes people who are born into a free society such as ours, go and take up arms against us?
Surely they should be tried for treason as British Nationals fighting against their own country.

btw, this was on the News this morning and not a rant of the DM

[carmalee]

<<<< glad to see everyone's tried and convicted these "suspects" without having a single fact at their disposal... >>>>
Untrue statement jno - read my post 9.19am post.

[Ankou]

yes i did, my 2nd post was to you sqad.

i like that quote:

"the opinions of the ABers are opinions and have form no basis for legal pursuit or sentence. Like chatting in the pub"

you should include that on all your diagnoses threads.

[Bobbisox]

oh-oh tripwire time..LOL

[WELSHYORKIE]

If they are British nationals fighting against British Forces then they should face treason charges in my opinion as an ex-serviceman. Sophie1003 - no you're not the only one, I thought it was still the only crime that was punishable by death - though highly unlikely to occur in this country.

[Bobbisox]

Ankou you are now being totally unreasonable, this is not about sqads diagnostics so why say it?
I would prefer it if you stuck to the OP

[Ankou]

and the geneva convention i would have thought welshyorkie.

[Sqad]

ankou.....ooooooooh!..struck a nerve eh?

[Ankou]

lol

[Bobbisox]

What makes people who are born into a free society such as ours, go and take up arms against us?
Surely they should be tried for treason as British Nationals (if found guilty) fighting against their own country.



btw, this was on the News this morning and not a rant of the DM
there I have rephrased my original thread

[daisya]

My own personal opinion on this type of thing is, if you aren't born in a country you are resident in and you disagree with the actions of that country wheresoever, then you remove yourself from your host country because you disagree with its ethos/stance. This should surely be the case if that person finds it abhorrent that their host country is at "war" (in whatever sense you perceive it) with your birth country? If you do not like your host country behaving against your belief then go and take up arms or whatever you think is right in your homeland. Then, do not request or think you can come back to take up residence again in the host country you have just fought against. That's my take on it and the only fair way I see to deal with such matters. Each to his own, but don't expect to live in the country you detest. This would be the case for any country in the world, though I should imagine a lot of other countries wouldn't be as soft on immigrants as we are.

[Bobbisox]

Can someone please give me an 'adult' reason why threads have to degenerate into name calling
why can't the OP be addressed without this?

[plautus]

Treason is still punishable by death, but only in time of war and we are not "at war" with Afghanistan.

[WELSHYORKIE]

Would that be a trapped nerve, Sqad - 400 mg Ibuptofen 3 times a day!!! lol

[Bobbisox]

very elegantly put Daisya, thank you

[Ankou]

i think thats a big point daisya.

for all we know, they have removed themselves from our country, and it is only an assumption that they would want to come back.

[Sqad]

plautus....agreed but are we at war with the Taliban?

[Bobbisox]

and only if found guilty plautus which is the key word omitted from me

[Bobbisox]

dare I say it Ankou.
if 'found guilty'
I hope they don't want to come back

[Sqad]

Welshy,,,LOL...

[sophie_1003]

No it's not plautus; scroll down to box titled "Treason Acts"

http://news.bbc.co.uk.../magazine/7288516.stm

Also; whole thread on our very own AB about it-
http://www.theanswerb...w/Question427540.html