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To: elmatador who wrote (72784)	3/11/2010 6:02:29 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

>>No, they want to bring the prince, a helicopter and the gun boats...<< And submarines! Good for sinking battleships, delivering cruise missiles to Buenos Aires, and blockading the Argentine coast to choke off export markets. The silly Argies should drop their invalid claims to the Falklands and start cutting economic deals to share in the oil exploration.

To: elmatador who wrote (72784)	3/11/2010 8:09:24 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

ElM, You are obviously unaware that the UN is not a democratic institution. People in China do not decide who represents them. Nor do people in Syria or Libya or many countries. Even where there are democratically elected governments, the constitution of the UN is that of a WWII Victor's Club, with Fiji having a comparable vote to that of India and United Kingdom and France having veto power disproportionate to their economic or population inputs. <We have the UN. Why are the problems not solved there over the proverbial cup of tea? I tell you. because there it would be visible democratic and everyone would have a say. > Even if there is full democracy, there is no ethical foundation to do things such as voting to make certain groups slaves or candidates for genocide. A majority vote for slavery doesn't make it right. I have long advocated a reconstitution of the UN to a more sensibly constructed and limited body which doesn't pronounce on absurdities. Meanwhile, unfortunately, it remains a matter of good manners, nice cups of tea, reasonable discussion, and atomic bombs. People who think shooting in the back during armed robbery is the way to live are not normally amenable to the nice cup of tea approach. C'est la vie. Mqurice