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The UN is a joke. What difference does it make who "they" kick out? The United States and Great Britian effectively told the UN to go to hell anyway. A new UN needs to be formed without the veto authority of a few select nations. The opinions of all nations need to be counted not just the powerful ones.
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World government won't succeed until countries are willing to give some of their authority up.To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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I'm tempted to start the DL dance just for the sheer stupidity of this thread.I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
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tibet sovereign?Originally posted by Stuie
Dude, what don't you understand. Listen:
TIBET WAS A SOVEREIGN NATION prior to being forcibly annexed by China.
Would you defend the US if we annexed Cuba and suppressed the right of the population to self determination?
so was the confederacy until you quelled the rebellion
btw, i am not a 'dude'. and, stop listening to r. gere...Comment
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I don't recall the Confederacy having 2000 years of history and centuries of existence as an independent nation.Comment
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Reminds me of the Polish parliament in the 18th or 19th Century when to have something done, all 500 members had to unaminously agree on it. Unsurprisingly that never happened and the Russians beat them up.Originally posted by Lincoln
The UN is a joke. What difference does it make who "they" kick out? The United States and Great Britian effectively told the UN to go to hell anyway. A new UN needs to be formed without the veto authority of a few select nations. The opinions of all nations need to be counted not just the powerful ones.
Having all 200 UN countries involved in the decision process would be foolish to the extreme. What chance would you ever have of gettting things done? Even the UN GA requiring just 2/3 majority to pass a resolution would still be unsurmountable for real-life decisions.Comment
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but you recall the US having 2000 years of history?Originally posted by Jack the Bodiless
I don't recall the Confederacy having 2000 years of history and centuries of existence as an independent nation.
you can make a case for tibetan independence all day long, but legally it is a part of china. ask your government about it...Comment
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Russia of course has always been a great respecter of legality. Legally Hungary had a right to make its own independant choices, Oh wellSpace is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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LaRusso: get real man.
The freedom of the western world has poisoned your brains. You're not able to think clearly!
Or you have played to much civilization and you see the world as one big game.
"Look, on the map! It's ony country! It has the same color!"
next thing you're going to say is: "You can abandon a city legally (= kill all people in it) as long as it's your own city!"
Sovereign territority....
that means that if you keep invaded countries long enough you do legally own them?
Thus, if we, The Netherlands invade Belgium, and we can surpress them for 150 years, after that we can do with them whatever we want, because they're our personal toys?Formerly known as "CyberShy"
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According to my map, the US and Iraq are the same colors. Is this a civil war then?Originally posted by LaRusso
okay, alternatively, look at the map of china. is there a tibet in it? you do the math“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
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That would appear to be the crux of his argument.Originally posted by CyberShy
Sovereign territority....
that means that if you keep invaded countries long enough you do legally own them?
Thus, if we, The Netherlands invade Belgium, and we can surpress them for 150 years, after that we can do with them whatever we want, because they're our personal toys?"Stuie has the right idea" - Japher
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Maps show the West Bank territories as part of Israel too.
So the Palestinian problem is solved!Comment
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We should tell Bush that all he needs is a map of the world, and the microsoft-paint fill-tool!Formerly known as "CyberShy"
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In 1941 maps showed lareg parts of Russia as part of Germany, was that legally theirsSpace is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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The Mid-east was set up by the Allies and Arabs afterOriginally posted by LaRusso
kuwait and iraq and everything else are mostly artifically divided by the leaving british.
WW1 (1920) by a international meeting in bagdad chaired by W. Churchill.
It is NOT just a British construct, It is an Arab, British,
Italian, French compromise on what to do with the
Ottoman empire.Comment
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