Shanghaiist: Spanish court agrees to try China for genocide

booggerg

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:39:04 +0800

google Yuanming Yuan

xiaoke

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:18:57 +0800

"the suit was filed ... by the Tibet Support Committee and two other Tibetan groups" As far as can tell, bashing the Spanishes about the Basques or the Indian Americans is a poor argument. Especially since the Tibet Support Committee is a Danish group and that the case could have been filled under the same terms in La Haye or in Belgium. Like WatchBagDVD said, having an international justice system is important. And going to court does not mean you are right. What is certainly going to happen is that those Tibetan groups are going to be debunked by the court, meaning the court recognizes that this is not a case of genocide. To me this does not seem to bad for the Chinese government, does it?

pug_ster

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:34:38 +0800

The pathetic Spanish courts is not the Hague.

sharpie20

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:10:03 +0800

i can't remember the last time when the spanish were relevant to the world

HowieW928

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:03:53 +0800

It got them featured in Shanghaiist.com didn't it?

ddawg

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:06:33 +0800

i'm just wondering when spain will get tried for the genocide of millions of native americans (including the aztecs, inca, etc.)

booggerg

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:52:52 +0800

once again.. Spain, like much of Europe, is useless - the cause of most sufferings around the world. The europeans comes in, loot its riches and then leave the country and its people in shambles.

THE_A_TEAM

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:23:10 +0800

The peace loving french people are cheering this action! http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jOlufsBxNXIw5nXaUj6N_f1QVvuQ Don't get me wrong, I still love the frenchies. Most of them anyway. On a side note, can gamey body odor spread independent of air? I'm sure our resident expert knows the answer.

nanheyangrouchuan

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:29:17 +0800

The Chinese court could be easily bought off with the transfer of some Spanish AIP submarines.

vincent

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:59:37 +0800

Chinese court can also try El Presidente de Gobierno, Senor Jose Luis Zapatero, y su cabinete for genocide committed against Basque and Catuluna separatists.

paintingrainbowsblack

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:03:48 +0800

Why don't they try themselves first for killing all the native americans.

hotshotdebut

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:55:52 +0800

Just an update. Another case of same nature is still open at the same court under different judge since 2006.

WatchBagDVD

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:09:11 +0800

Oh yeah. And free the Basques and free Catalonia. (Just beating somebody else to the punch... there is a bit of hypocrisy in the whole thing, seeing as Spain has its own restive minorities, but I still think the principle is too important to dismiss simply because of a bit of hypocrisy).

WatchBagDVD

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:49:02 +0800

Say what you will, but Pinochet was brought to justice because of this kind of thing. The idea of an international justice system for crimes against humanity is important. Wouldn't it be better, for example, if China could successfully get Japan to finally admit its past war crimes and make some real reparations? I'm not assuming the charge of "genocide" is accurate or that this particular trial will result in more than a political sideshow, but the principle of an international justice system is essential to a better, more equitable world. As an American, I'm outraged that the Bush Administration has rejected the International Criminal Court, though it's all too clear why they have--I'm sure they'd all be found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity in a fair trial. Yeah, it's not gonna happen any time soon (or ever), but that doesn't mean people shouldn't carry on the cause of establishing an international justice system. xibanya jia you

T

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:01:19 +0800

What a bunch of self-congraulatory nonsense. How about actually trying to change something Spain?

sirlogic

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:47:38 +0800

What effect would Spain's trial have other than piss more people off? Spain isn't an international body such as The Hague and as such has no authority or jurisdiction over matters that have no relation to Spain. Where does Spain get off to be this pretentious?

booggerg

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:35:03 +0800

Spain = useless, like much of Europe.

eastman

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:30:11 +0800

Looking forward to Daliar the Hollywood monk to hand over a detailed list of 203 deads in Lhasa ethnic cleansing which his convoy repeatedly failed to show. I even agree to include 22 killed Han Chinese in the list to make his work easier.

hotshotdebut

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:59:32 +0800

Tax money well spent for Spaniards. This is not the first time. Two years they did the same thing about another genocide in Tibet. What happened in the end?