[HMDS] Camp GK Quotes of the Day - (Day 9 )
Today we had the campers share their views and debate a couple hypothetical statements. Here are the statements, along with the campers' responses.
Statement 1: Protection of human rights justifies the use of military force.
Brooke Barmy: "If it comes to that where we have to hurt another country to protect our human rights, I think it is fair that we do use miltary force. Just so our people do not get hurt and we are not abused."
Tecno Tiger: "I agree with Brooke, human rights are for everyone, if there not given then people will have to use force to get human rights/ protect them, if everything else fails."
Itokuzu Shimada: "If something like genocide is occuring, if necessary, we should use military force."
Malarthi Behemoth: "Nothing justifies military force, right to peace is a human right, therefore you cannot violate a right to protect it. If you have to use force because there's no other option, use enough force to make sure the situation never occurs again."
Keleus Ferguson: "Not all human rights movements have to be with war force sometimes they can be solved by discussions and protest."
This was the next statement debated:
Statement 2: Military intervention is necessary to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Itokuzu Shimada: "To a point. We don't need to run in and kill everything in sight to stop WMD. But using the military can possibly scare them into not using the weapons and turning them over. (kinda confused)"
Spunky Pinkdot: "I think the military has to step in because no matter what the laws are, people always seem to do what they want and think they can get away with it. Like making and distributing weapons of mass destruction."
Ryan Dayton: "Assuming that war is the last resort, as it always is... I think that if you come to that point, war IS needed to stop the recreation/spread of WMDs. Of course we will investigate the case before we start sending in troops. In the time we take using the method of waiting, waiting, for proof, alot could have happened. So as you wait for proof of something, that proof could have already been moved to another country."
Brooke Barmy: "In the time we are waiting to find out the truth, the country with the WMD could be on the way to bomb another country. You can't just sit back and wait, you have to do something. I think it is necessary for us to have a war to stop a country from creating WMD's. We can't just ask a country to stop and then trust them, we must KNOW that they have gotten rid of them and that we are serious. Like Ryan said, you have to know, and assuming that they aren't just playing around, then if they said they have them, then they have them and we should do something about it before they get out of hand and bomb someone."
Malarthi Behemoth: "Ok so... What happens if we let people start using WMDs. It's a self defeating process. Plus... It gets pretty boring when only people who think the same as you are around."
Josan Akebono: "Yes, we have to stop WMD but it just can't be the Untied States, it has to be all the other countries that step in to. United States is looked as "bad guy", when it comes to stopping countires. To just tell them to bomb each other is not the solution."
