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Skriven 2004-12-18 22:23:00 av ED HULETT (1:275/311)
     Kommentar till en text av BJöRN FORSSTRöM
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-=> BJöRN FORSSTRöM wrote to RICHARD HELM <=-


 BF>  BF>> Hope that something to the better have happend in 60 years then.
 BF> 
 BF>  RH> It has and that's why you shouldn't rely on the words of such an old
fart.
 BF>  RH> The laws governing the armed forces of the United States were
radically
 BF>  RH> changed when the UCMJ as adopted in 1950.  *AFTER* the old fart left
the
 BF>  RH> military.
 BF> 
 BF> As nither of us know I'm willing to have an open discussion about it and I
do
 BF> have an own mind to think with, all by myself.

You don't get it. Richard DOES know. He has served in the Marines under the 
UCMJ. 

 BF>  BF>> About photographing in war the answer from my chief was that he
thinks
 BF>  BF>> it's against the Geneva convention to do it but IIRC USA haven't
signed
 BF>  BF>> that...or? Amnesty also prohibit it.
 BF>  BF>> Then he said that it's even up to you to decide if you want to do it
for  
 BF>  BF>> personal use but then it's not allowed to publish them without
permission. 
 BF>  BF>> He also had a few other explanations to why one shouldn't do it but
that would
 BF>  BF>> take me to long to translate.
 BF> 
 BF>  RH> Now what you've written is a bit different that what you first
claimed.
 BF> 
 BF> Well, I do have more info now so what I thoght might be proven wrong.

You are all over the map. You have been proven wrong and you don't like it.
 
 BF>  RH> Also please note the difference between "he thinks" and an actual
cite
 BF>  RH> where it is a violation.  Your source has also offered OPINIONS on
why you
 BF>  RH> shouldn't do something.  Remember those are opinions, not facts.
 BF> 
 BF> Even I can make misstake.

You have... repeatedly.
 
 BF>  RH> The position of your earlier argument about US law is starting to
fall
 BF>  RH> apart.  Soldiers taking pictures in war is NOT against any laws.  How
 BF>  RH> those photographs are used MAY be a violation of some laws.  A very
 BF>  RH> important distinction that made the foundation of your argument.
 BF> 
 BF> Let's see what that lawyer have to say when I can reach him.

The lawyer isn't going to tell you anything. Your lawyer is most likely a
civilian
lawyer and not familiar with US military law or even US law.

Ed
 

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