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posted by [personal profile] orichalcum at 12:03pm on 13/05/2005
Just in case anyone else was worried about [livejournal.com profile] havenstone, given the current unrest in Afghanistan, I wanted to post the word that I just heard from him and he's just fine, although looking forward to leaving the country in two weeks. He says that today was the crucial day, but it looks like the protests aren't spreading past the universities, and there's no university in his little town.

Sigh  - _This_ is why we don't desecrate other people's holy books, people. Not just because it's morally reprehensible, though it is, and I believe against the Geneva Convention (Lawyers?), but because it puts our people in danger.

Off to my Grading Reward: An hour massage! Because I need it. So Many Bad Exams. Such Bad Essays. 14 descriptions of the accomplishments of the Emperor Augustus. Shoulders Fall Down Go Boom.
Mood:: 'relieved' relieved
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posted by [identity profile] julianyap.livejournal.com at 07:23pm on 13/05/2005
The Geneva Conventions tends to deal only with the treatment of people (originally only the wounded and sick, but now extended to lots of other groups) during wartime. It (and the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property) do have a protection for cultural objects, but I think that only applies to historic sites and places of worship. It does contain a provision stating that the adequate provisions for religious services must be provided, all of which implies a certain respect for religion and religious practices, but I don't believe there is a protection for Holy Texts per se. Not to say that it isn't a good idea.

Of course this is sort of besides the point given that last I heard (though I could be wrong) the Administrations position remains that the Guantanamo Detainees are not covered by the Geneva Conventions.

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