From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Sun May 04 2003 - 20:51:58 MDT
>> You have gotten to the crux of the your misunderstanding.
>> The ordinary American in overwhelming numbers does care about
>> international law. They have long been devoted to the love of
>> international law.
You may be right that Americans favor the /concept/ of
international law. But you might try asking the survey question
this way: do you favor giving planetwide control to an organization
composed of delegates most of whom were appointed by governments
that do not represent the interests of their people?
The UN charter is fundamentally based on the idea that oppressive
governments, military dictatorships, inherited monarchies, and other
non-representative governments are legitimate and entitled to a
voice in international affairs. Any talk of "human rights" is an
afterthought; mere lip service from an organization that serves to
legitimize and perpetuate tyranny accross the world.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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