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2003-08-27 International

Security Council Makes Attacks on U.N., Aid Workers a War Crime

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Posted by .com 2003-08-27 1:31:25 AM|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11137 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So, let's see...attack a U.N. worker and the U.N. sez, "War crime! Crime against humanity! How dare you!"...but if a dictator were to feed someone into a plastic shredder, the U.N. sez, "Well, harummph, we don't want to, uh, that is to say, we can't tell a soverign nation what to do, er, we mean, uh, uh, who are we to judge?"

Posted by Uncle Joe 2003-8-27 1:49:56 AM|| 2003-8-27 1:49:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Guess it's ok to commit genocide, but touch a UN employee... and you're toast.

Posted by Raphael 2003-8-27 6:19:31 AM|| 2003-8-27 6:19:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 This is just a diabolicle ploy to catch all leaders of terrorist group when they show up at teh UN building to ratify the Geneva Convention.

Posted by Steve D 2003-8-27 8:02:24 AM|| 2003-8-27 8:02:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Steve D - So, uh, where's the obilgatory "Bwahahah" huh? I think this proves what I've thought along along. Vindication. Sweet. ;^)

Posted by .com 2003-8-27 9:43:55 AM|| 2003-8-27 9:43:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Steve D - So, uh, where's the obilgatory "Bwahahah" huh?

.com, wrong Steve. Bwahahahah!

Posted by Steve 2003-8-27 10:12:29 AM|| 2003-8-27 10:12:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Oh no! I smell cahoots & collusion... Bamboozled by the Conspiracy of Steve!

Posted by .com 2003-8-27 10:15:59 AM|| 2003-8-27 10:15:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Rantburg is a veritable Nest of Steves!

Posted by .com 2003-8-27 10:17:16 AM|| 2003-8-27 10:17:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 a den of Steves

Posted by Frank G 2003-8-27 10:18:29 AM|| 2003-8-27 10:18:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 To allay further Steve conversion, I as Steve D will adopt the nick-name I earned hosing pavement on summer 3rd shifts hosing pavement for Sea World of Ohio as a High School student.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-8-27 10:24:57 AM|| 2003-8-27 10:24:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Oh GEEEEZ, what a killer nick! It's a two-edged sword, however... Sorry, couldn't help myself. ;->

Welcome to RantBurg, Mr SuperHose! Geez that's hard to type when you're laughing your ass off!

Posted by .com 2003-8-27 10:40:45 AM|| 2003-8-27 10:40:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 God, I'm glad I'm not a Steve! That may be the next thing the UN wants to make a "war crime". Pretty soon, the UN is going to make defending yourself a war crime. The UN needs to either grow up, or move on. I prefer moving on.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-8-27 10:48:15 AM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-8-27 10:48:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 "Conspiracy of Steve"
"Nest of Steves"
"den of Steves"

I prefer the "Grand Army of Steve" myself.

Posted by Steve 2003-8-27 11:04:41 AM|| 2003-8-27 11:04:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 A sieve of Steves...

Posted by Raj 2003-8-27 11:34:17 AM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2003-8-27 11:34:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 The Tao of Steve...

Posted by mojo 2003-8-27 11:36:24 AM|| 2003-8-27 11:36:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 STOP IT! or your all going to your room.

Posted by Lucky 2003-8-27 12:46:44 PM|| 2003-8-27 12:46:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 like Stevey?

Posted by Frank G 2003-8-27 12:57:45 PM|| 2003-8-27 12:57:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 At the risk of being branded as just another Steve, I think we should take a moment from giving the UN the kicks they so richly deserve, and recognise that this is one of the saner - or at least less stupid - things they have done lately. Now if they would only extend this prohibition to the act of blowing up buses and restaurants full of women and children...

Posted by Anonymous 2003-8-27 1:38:37 PM|| 2003-8-27 1:38:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 I don't know that the UN has accomplished anything with this resolution, but I may be a skeptic. Enacting a "Hate Crime" as a new way to charge someone guilty of a brutal murder is an semantic edifice. Brutal murder is already punishable under existing statute. If a bully assaults an NGO worker in Singapore, you should cane the doo doo out of the bully. Extraditing him to stand before a tribunal in Belgium is counterproductive as there is no caning in Belgium.
Most certainly, don't slide the ICC into that type of resolution so that you can extradite Colin Powell to Belgium for not preventing the bullying incident.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-8-27 3:20:31 PM|| 2003-8-27 3:20:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 So now all we have to do is sign every one in Israel up to be UN or NGO workers and watch the fun begin!

Posted by Chris Smith 2003-8-27 4:25:37 PM|| 2003-8-27 4:25:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 nice shot Chris. I like it, but the UN (like the Int'l Red Cross) has separate standards for Jooooos

Posted by Frank G 2003-8-27 8:36:09 PM|| 2003-8-27 8:36:09 PM|| Front Page Top

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