Re: Picture of the Year
  By: John Massey to Daniel Prather on Tue Jan 01 2008 12:29 am

 > You get your exercise jumping to conclusions. I am not an isolationist.
 > I fully believe in a global economy,  a strong defense that includes
 > fighting our enemies on their turf not ours. Ron Paul does not.

Since the UN is pretty important as far as international law, human rights,
etc., goes, how do you plan to have a successful global economy with no rules
or nobody to enforce them?

 > Once you get past your love affair with one of the most corrupt
 > originations on the face of the earth, (that's the U.N. in case you
 > forgot),if you show any sign that you might understand, we can move on to
 > what would be a better replacement for the UN.

I have no love affair with the UN.  I just don't write them off wholesale,
simply because the western nations like to obstruct the UN's progress.  What's
funny is that you see the UN as dangerous to our nation and to our nation's
sovereignty, yet, you'd support a UN replacement?  Just what would this
replacement do that would never infringe on a nation's soveriengty?

The very idea of government itself infringes on our rights.  We give up some of
our rights to the government, so we can create a more cohesive, consistent
society where everyone should flourish.  I don't see the UN (or any other
international governing body) as anything different, provided they're allowed
to actually do what they're intended to do.

-- Daniel
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