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To: neolib who wrote (171025)	9/21/2005 4:51:43 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Neolib, resolving territorial issues "between Jews and Arabs" is a matter of property rights. The UN got the Jews into the situation, by establishing Israel. Now it's up to the UN to secure the Israeli position and resolve property disputes with the individuals who were dispossessed against their will without reasonable compensation. My ancestors were dispossessed too, and so were ancestors around the world, because until recent times, possession by conquest was the way humans determined ownership of land, as did all of animal species. So it's not possible to rewind the clock fully and compensate ancestors or return property to descendants. An example of the stupidity of modern compensation for past sufferings is the idea of the government giving melanin-rich Americans taxpayer money because they had ancestors who were slaves. Why a 3rd generation Chinese immigrant should have tax money taken from them and have it given to a descendant with only a fractional relationship with the original slave is a puzzle. I don't think disarming Jews in Israel is a good idea, including nuclear bombs, which are just another weapon, albeit one capable of destroying a lot in one go instead of a lot in 100 bombings. Dresden and Nagasaki both looked quite destroyed after the bombings. The difference between being cooked alive by chemical fire, or nuclear bomb, is rather academic. Both are hideous and equally so. When Jews feel safe against genocidal Islamic Jihad maniacs, then they won't bother maintaining weapons, the same as I don't maintain weaponry to prevent my neighbours coming over my fence. The relationship of the NUN to states would be similar to the relationship between the USA federal government and the states, but with a more robust separation of powers and more limited federal control. Internal affairs, such as the impact of hurricanes, would be purely local issues for individual states to deal with. The purpose of a NUN would be purely to handle commons issues such as radio spectrum, air quality, ocean, rivers, space [geostationary orbits, incoming bolides], borders and threats across borders. Stuff like that. The NUN would nuke anyone who tried to cause troubles! Or blockade them or something. Arrest any of the bad guys who leave their country. Spanking might work for some of them, though one should be careful because some of them would like the idea of spanking and would be naughty just to get spanked. It takes all sorts to make a world. Mqurice