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To: Machaon who wrote (502979)12/3/2003 2:41:28 PM
From: geode00  Respond to of 769667
 
I do not follow Ireland that much since they stopped the daily killing of each other over one idiotic thing after another.

They say this, however,

"...Accordingly, we have over the years received numerous requests to include mention of specific forms of religious intolerance or discrimination. Until this year, we and the other co-sponsors had consistently maintained that, while the instances in question were indeed matters of great concern to us, to include specific references to them – and not to other instances of the problem - would detract from the universal scope of the resolution. This position of principle had in general been accepted...."

irlgov.ie

Whether that's the truth or not, it makes sense to me. It would be an endless process for them to include all the wrongs overly-aggressive, self-righteous, unholy bigots inflict on other sentient beings.