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To: Dayuhan who wrote (53593)	8/31/1999 6:25:00 PM
From: E	Respond to of 108807

<<<If that's as far as it goes, fine. But say we establish an international body with the power to make such rules and enforce them. Don't you think such a body would be dangerous? Who knows what other rules they'd decide to make and enforce? Don't you think any such body would have to be thoroughly watched, and checked and balanced like crazy?>>> We do have such bodies. We in the U.S. have laws against each of those evils [slavery, torture, child prostitution, etc.]. The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights attempts to enforce international sanctions by seeking signatories to the document, and by pubic exposure and expressions of disapproval-- essentially by causing the country to lose face and the good will of the international community (which of course might indirectly cost the country some money.) All lawmaking bodies need to be monitored, though, as we know-- local, national, international. You call the cops if you see your neighbor torturing his dog. And the cops themselves must be watched, of course.