What if there had been a UN in the days when
Abraham left Ur and went over to take possession of Canaan. Who would have prevailed - God or the UN? What if there had been a UN in the days when the British overcame the feeble resistance of the Australian Aborigines? Who would have supported whom? Would the Christian "WEST" have told Abraham to get himself back to Iraq? Or would their Christian Fundamentalism have told the Canaanites Stiff, bad luck, y'know how it is. love to help but hey...
I've been writing about boogie men lately and it seems I am not the only one to recognise a boogie man in the rhetoric of the fear pedlars. Alan Ramsay in the SMH at the weekend quoted Sen John Faulkner "This government ... the most unAustralian ... It is comfortable to blame the flaws in our society on others ... Australians who suffer discrimination deserve better from their PM than to have their real problems blamed on hobgoblins."
Quoting Michael Gawenda SMH "Free to air TV is in the main as mindless, as celebrity driven, and as parochial as it ever was."
Alan Ramsay again - on the death of Colin Thiele: "To make your mark by the power of the written word is not good enough in Australia. You have to act like a mug lair if not an idiot for the amusement and wonder of the TV and masses."
posted by outback to jungle @ 1:03 PM
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The UN is about as useful as a pile of horse poop. No, probably less, because at least you can use horse poop as fertilizer.
The UN has no real power whatsoever. The only thing they have is easy access to a large array of information given by many many countries, which is probably not the greatest thing.
Of course, this is just my opinion, but I would point out that based on everything that the UN has done in the last 50 years, I can count on one hand how much good they've done.
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