to DDT or not to DDT

Thanks Dan - I always enjoy your dissent. Katya was spot on in what I meant. And for once I'm not taking issue with the Bush administration per say, but more widely with the media coverage of the event and the public's expectations and response. I agree with you that in war people die without due process. But it hadn't even occurred to me that he was a soldier at war (despite all the rhetoric about the war on terrorism); and nowhere in the coverage did I see "this is ok to do only because we're at war, remember, and we would normally give this guy a fair trial".
Side comment: if only one side were to declare war (the other were silent), and use this state of one-sided war as an excuse for killing without due process, what then?
Further side comment: is it ok to use war to excuse this killing, and yet to consider prisoners not prisoners of war, and the geneva convention optional?

In misc news:
- Volunteer rates hit record numbers

- An Iranian friend of a relative went back to Iran for tourism. Her family had left after the revolution and she was the first to step foot in the country. naively. She was detained for a couple days upon leaving: she did not carry with her authorization from her male guardian for travel (husband/father/brother). interestingly enough this is one of the issues our partners are working on. stay tuned for campaign details relating to this and citizenship rights. Oh and she made it out ok; something about divorce and such.

- Every year hair worth about $136 million is shipped from India; mostly hair donated in temples, intended as devotion, not commerce.

- women push for seats at climate policy table because they are disproportionally hit by climate change consequences

- to DDT or not to DDT; in other words malayria vs. developmental harm to children

- and here's what French supporters have to say - or show - about Materazzi! No comment about anything else ;)