You raise a very interesting and complicated question and I honestly think that for certain acts there is no answer to this. It also brings to mind the issue of one man’s terrorist being another mans freedom fighter.

The legal system, be it in a specific country or one that is international such as the UN, is a highly debatable topic and all people who formulate such laws need to change them as the times change. For example look at the laws that govern the UN system, a good 80 percent of them are defunt and reflect the world of the 1950′s, what good is that to us today in 2008?

In some cases your right, no one is guilty. HOw can you hold a child of 10 or even 15 or 20 guilty of weilding a gun when that is all he knows?

Laws are uselss if they dont reflect the changing times, the people of today and are progressive in nature.