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It's the prats at the top who are causing all our problems

All Acting Regiment

13:29 / 14.07.03

I know this sounds like a bit of "blame-shifting", but if you look at the current "bad things" in the world today, you'll see that it's generally our leaders who have got us into this trouble.

There have been x ammount of surveys that state that maybe 10% of people wanted a war in iraq,and i recently read something on some forum where someone from palestine and someone from israel were both talking about how much they hated the war between them.

The main people i think we need to look very carefully at are (in no particular order) Bush, Blair, their respective governments,and all the religious leaders from ALL religions who tell their followers to hate people from other religions, because this is in no way a exclusive thing to islam like bush would have us beleive.

Let's just think about why these people want us to kill eachother. There is always a real motive behind the spin. We need to think about who these people are, as well, and how they fit into the picture. Example

oes Bush have to go and actually fight in iraq? No. Nor does Hussein, for that matter.neither man has to put themself in danger.

I think that before a politician declares war he should spend a long time with people whos lives has been destroyed by it. It might make them be a bit more careful.

The point being, how can we make it so that we the people arrange not to kill eachother?

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17:46 / 14.07.03

The UN votes; agrees to abolish war

According to a new international law signed by nearly all member states in the UN (excepting the US, of course; the cheek), no government may order its citizenry, whether members of the military or not, to go to war. Instead, the people of each nation will vote on a team of not less than five and no more than ten public figures. The teams so formed will be pitted against each other in an exciting death match! The losing team, if any survive, will be barred from public office forever. The winning team will be paraded home with honors, given a victory fete, and then publicly executed amid much accolades. The nation represented by the winning team will then be considered to have won the war, and can do whatever they like within the following limits: No killing any citizens of the losing nation, no confiscation of the land or belongings of private citizens, prisoners' rights must be respected under the geneva convention, etc.

Furthermore, the losers may demand a rematch at any time with a new team of public officials.

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That'll teach em. Buggers.

"Listen, supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical (electoral) ceremony."

ONLY NICE THINGS

18:36 / 14.07.03

So, where is the incentive to become a public figure? If you are selfish you will wish to avoid death, if you are selfless you will wish to avoid putting your citizens in a position where they may be responsible for your death, since being responsible for the death of another human being is such a hateful thing. And then who would pass the compulsory puppies law that would presumably be next onto the statute books?