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It is ironic that Knuth fumes about his personal lack of consent for the Iraq War (which was authorized and funded by dozens of votes in Congress) and in the sa
by OstiaAntica 16y ago
It is ironic that Knuth fumes about his personal lack of consent for the Iraq War (which was authorized and funded by dozens of votes in Congress) and in the same breath calls for imposing the legal rule of an unelected international criminal court on his fellow Americans.
Americans, a self-governed people, have established a proven system of rights and freedoms in our Constitution, and that sovereignty should not be transferred to international bodies -- particularly when those bodies are controlled by groups that plan to use the courts against U.S. and Israeli soldiers.
- mak120 16y agoBy the same logic, were the Nazi trials at Nuremberg a violation of German sovereignty?
- Helianthus16 16y agoYes, but (so the argument goes) they were a legal violation, sanctioned by the U.N. or whatever prototype of the U.N. existed at the time.
- kenjackson 16y agoIt is ironic that Knuth fumes about his personal lack of consent for the Iraq War (which was authorized and funded by dozens of votes in Congress) and in the same breath calls for imposing the legal rule of an unelected international criminal court on his fellow Americans. Actually read it again. He says no such thing. He says those are questions and then explicitly says he has no good answers for any of the questions, except maybe one of them (not one that you mention). Saying that this is a question that we should have a real discussion over is neither calling nor fuming.