Talking of Desecration ... 3177

Then yours is simply an extension of mine, not something different. But what a stupid thing that would be to do in a country like Saudi Arabia! Civil disobedience depends entirely on the rule of law protecting you up to a point, as in the case of Gandhi in India. If India had been run by Nazi Germany before WWII and not England, Gandhi would simply have been shot. But he was able to use the British code of law to protect himself, even when in jail, when charged with breaking the law.

So why aren't you going to Saudi Arabia and challenging that law if you feel so strongly about it? Because you know damned well that you'll fail. Gandhi on the other hand knew he had a good chance of success, and he did succeed.

The success of civil disobedience depends on a large segment of the local population being willing to undertake it so that sheer numbers of law-breakers render the law inoperable. That will never work in the case of Saudi Arabia in regard to proselytising for the Christian faith. You are setting up a straw man.

Definitely not a non sequitur. It has certainly in the past executed them de facto for the colour of their skin, or let them off because of the colour of their skin.

I have no sympathy for persons. But they are supposed to be subject to the law and judged by the law. This US administration has allowed the killing and torture of people not because they are persons but because they think they might be. Many of those in Guantanamo were dragged of the streets of Kabul and Baghdad and treated like persons without any evidence that they were.

Those accused of terrorism are supposed to have the same rights as any other human being until and unless they are legally proven to be so in a court of law that is internationally recognised. In some US prisons, they do not have these rights. Therefore, get your own house in order before criticising others - or at least acknowledge that you have a problem.

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