When leaving Japan for Iceland on March 23. 2005, Bobby Fischer was asked about his arrest in Japan. He responded: 'This was not an arrest. This was a kidnapping. This was all cooked up by Bush and Koizumi. They are all war criminals. They should be hung.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker characterizes his arrest as a state-sponsored kidnapping and accuses leaders of being war criminals.
- In plain terms
- I was kidnapped, not arrested, by leaders I call war criminals.
- What can you take from it?
- Reframing legal detention as illegitimate action.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is detention always legal?
- How do you define justice?
Another view
Calling leaders war criminals is a political statement, not legal fact.
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