Quote Originally Posted by Gilrandir View Post
You are dismantling the edifice of democracy whose cornerstone is the supremacy of law enforced by the judicial system.
In terms of an international court, edifice is a very precise term. But, in what way can my suggestion on a forum be dismantling anything?

There is, imo, much wrong with this statement. Is the cornerstone of democracy the supremacy of law enforced by the judicial system? That sounds like a pretty narrow definition of what democracy is, frankly - and I think it highly debatable that what you have put forward would be the basal notion of democracy (consent, surely, has a stronger case as a defining concept of democracy than enforcement, for example)

But.....what democratic consideration underlies this international court? Who decides on the judiciary? The losers of a war? Do Afghans, Iraqis and Libyans from the 'wrong' (losing) side, for example, get the same representation in this 'democratic' institution?