I thought I'd give this thread a rest, but as Dick said elsewhere habits die hard. Steve, I cannot see how anyones' cop or otherwise, conscience would tell them to execute or frame felons. I can quite understand them wanting to in some circumstances, but I would hope that it was their *conscience* not fear of any legal sanction, which *stopped* them.

Sandy, I hope you were joking? No, as as result of this thread the world *has* changed. Some people, myself included, have been exposed to arguments they would not have thought of both in defence and against their own position. And - who knows - perhaps enough people have had their consciences pricked to do something political and ethical about the plight of Chets' detainees or their equivalent in other countries.

Pete M