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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (187174)	5/24/2006 3:26:29 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

So are we in agreement on the need for an impartial global governing body? If you believe in this, then the details can be hammered out and changed over time. Sure, if we're laying out utopias, a world government body would be just fine. However, I have already laid out my minimum 'red line' pre-condition: that ALL the major players be representative, accountable democracies whose human rights abuses can be judged and scolded on the same scale as the US, Europe or Israel, not some other scale that is an order of magnitude more lenient. For IF they were such democracies, they would want the world government to also be an accountable, democratic institution. But they aren't and they don't. Which is why I find such an utter contradiction between your two main themes of "Nevermind the human rights abuses of Russia or China; I can only hope to influence the US" and "Let's start forming a one-world government right now!" To which I can only answer - be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.