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gamahuche1 year ago
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Now that I've got my splenetic point of view in play lets look at the glass half-full too - actually already 100 out of 192 member states have signed on - and a toast to Norway, where they have the lemmings rushing off the cliff as a regular reminder of the insanity of nature, including the human variety.
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FTA:
At the Oslo signing ceremony, Norway, which has led the efforts to ban cluster munitions, was the first country to sign. It was followed by Laos, where cluster bombs dropped by US planes more than 30 years ago are still killing civilians; and Lebanon, which was attacked with the weapons by Israel.
By the end of tomorrow, around 100 of the United Nations' 192 members will have signed up. Once 30 countries have ratified the convention, it will become part of international humanitarian law.
There are a number of notable absentees, including the US, China, Russia, India and Pakistan, as well as Israel, which fired cluster bombs during the 2006 Lebanon war.-
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memestryker1 year ago
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Lawfulness is based on agreement, and unless there is 100% agreement, it doesn't work completely (notice it never works completely anywhere). And psychopaths exist everywhere on earth, in all culture and nations, and always have. Unless we figure out a way to turn people into compliant zombies, it may always exist.
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We know that many learned behaviors (or lack of learning something to modify what's already there) occur between the ages of 2 and 5, so unless we figure out how to reach humans early and do it completely, this is going to be with us a very long time.-
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alakazam1 year ago
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"Lawfulness is based on agreement, and unless there is 100% agreement, it doesn't work completely ".
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I believe there are Absolute points within the Moral Compass.
I think there is a Spirit and Intent within the General Accords between Nations that can be used to good purpose. I think we all have a moral compass. People need to get involved.
I think there are many places on Earth where the World watches horror and does nothing to help. No help from East or West.
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Candida1 year ago
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memestryker: "psychopaths exist everywhere on earth, in all culture and nations, and always have. Unless we figure out a way to turn people into compliant zombies, it may always exist."
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In my view, psychopaths are, indeed a danger, but now nearly as big a danger as compliant zombies are.
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Radiofreeeuropa1 year ago
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International Laws are as powerful as we allow them to be. I mean to say, one could argue that murder is illegal, yet murders are still committed, so laws against murder mean nothing as well. Yet would anyone argue these laws are valueless?
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Cluster bombs are frankly used to "murder" civilians, with 97% percent of their casualties innocent civilians.
This is simply unconscionable. There is no excuse.
And Gamahuche has extrapolated the the equation to it's logical antipodes perfectly!-
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gamahuche1 year ago
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"And Gamahuche has extrapolated the the equation to it's logical antipodes perfectly!"
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Why thank you, young man, but perfectly will be when these particularly grotesque toys are locked in a vault and the key to it has been dropped on the deepest ocean.
And of course all the areas that are currently contaminated have been cleansed to perfection - with a peace garden in bloom on each of them.
Too much to ask for? Not IMO!!
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