----- "John Hearns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (*) Not a good idea in Great Britain, where arson in the Queen's > Dockyard is still a hanging offence, and I'd bet the judges would > say that a Naval Academy was part of a Dockyard.
No longer the case I'm afraid (well, actually quite glad!): http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/abolish.html # On the 10th of December 1999, International Human Rights Day, # the government ratified Second Optional Protocol to the # International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights thus # totally abolishing capital punishment in Britain. -- Christopher Samuel - (03) 9925 4751 - Systems Manager The Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing P.O. Box 201, Carlton South, VIC 3053, Australia VPAC is a not-for-profit Registered Research Agency _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
