A Conversation for The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Hypocrisy
Two Bit Trigger Pumping Moron Started conversation Oct 28, 2000
"These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations."
So in other words, this stuff applies to everybody unless the United Nations doesn't like it. With that in mind, I guess they don't really sound like rights at all.
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Two Bit Trigger Pumping Moron Posted Nov 18, 2000
I spell checked the message, but not the title. Oh well...
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Petebot Posted Jul 2, 2001
It may not be perfect, but when someone is sticking a gun in your face for having a funny noise (EG in Russia, Iran, some parts of China), thats all your got to guarntee your a human being
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Two Bit Trigger Pumping Moron Posted Jul 2, 2001
If it's the UN who thinks you have a funny nose, then they're within their rights to do whatever they want according to this document. If we were really dealing with rights, then the document would limit the powers of the United Nations as the US Constitution limits the powers of our government.
Besides, does the UN really have the power to enforce those rights? Does this document have the force of law? It's really just a feel good measure.
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Spiff Posted Oct 7, 2001
Er, no, actually, 'hypocrisy' is the correct spelling. Where did you find 'hypocracy'?
'Hippocratic' exists, and is an adjective meaning "like or pertaining to Hippocrates", an ancient Greek doctor (thus the modern 'hippocratic oath', a document signed by doctors).
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Charityplayer Posted Sep 23, 2003
WOT A FUNNY COINCIDENCE
HYPOCRACY
THE HYPOCRACY OF DEMOCRACY
SAID THE KIND OLD SAGE,
IS THE HYPOCRISY OF THE TIMES,
THE HYPOCRACY OF THE AGE
THE HYPOCRITIC HYPOCRAT
THE HYPOCRATIC DIPLOMAT,
THE DIRTY OLD DORMAT,
THE DIRTY DEAD RAT
ITS' ALL THE RAGE,
ITS'
THE HYPOCRACY OF THE AGE
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Doc U Posted Oct 15, 2003
So hypocracy would mean "rule by hypocrites," much like democracy is rule by the people, aristocracy is rule by the elite, etc.
You could've just said that.
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Two Bit Trigger Pumping Moron Posted Oct 15, 2003
That sounds like it fits the UN very well.
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lord_tricycle Posted Nov 2, 2003
Hypocrisy, by the way.
When the rights are viewed as being subject to the whims of the UN, what needs to be understood is that the UN in no way shape or form assumes the role of an over-arching world government. Thus the UN actually refers only to the wishes of member nations and not of any supreme Leviathan. Thus, in effect, the UN is synonymous with the international community of sovereign and independent states, with the absolute nature of sovereignty being the key aspect of the UN Charter.
Thus, there is no hypocrisy.
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lord_tricycle Posted Nov 2, 2003
The UN, since it's not any sort of 'world government' only has power and influence bestowed upon it by the continuing collaboration between independent states.
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- 1: Two Bit Trigger Pumping Moron (Oct 28, 2000)
- 2: njan (afh) (Nov 18, 2000)
- 3: Two Bit Trigger Pumping Moron (Nov 18, 2000)
- 4: njan (afh) (Nov 18, 2000)
- 5: Petebot (Jul 2, 2001)
- 6: Two Bit Trigger Pumping Moron (Jul 2, 2001)
- 7: Spiff (Oct 7, 2001)
- 8: Charityplayer (Sep 23, 2003)
- 9: Doc U (Oct 15, 2003)
- 10: Two Bit Trigger Pumping Moron (Oct 15, 2003)
- 11: lord_tricycle (Nov 2, 2003)
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