From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Tue Aug 06 2002 - 14:15:17 MDT
>From: "Technotranscendence" <neptune@mars.superlink.net>
>>CurtAdams@aol.com wrote:
>
>> The UN is a far more benign organization than its component
>> pieces. Yes, it's socialistic etc., but given that until
>> recently its majority was nasty vicious dictatorships it's
>> pretty good. Its faults mostly reflect the still widespread
>> acceptance of dim Marxists concepts like class war and
>> nationalization, which needs to be attacked from the
>> intellectual side.
>I think the UN's being more benign than some of its component
>pieces -- the US Congress is no doubt more benign as a whole than
>some of its worst elements too -- because it is not a full-fledged
>government. Give it that kind of power and watch it get much
>worse.
I think the U.N. is fine as a place for governments to get together
and try to discuss things and work out problems. The problem is
that the U.N. and its supporters are trying to evolve it into a
World Government.
Something I will fight tooth, fang, and claw.
Brian
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