Posted on 11/29/2005 11:51:02 AM PST by RedBeaconNY
Picture this:
So I'm in French class reading an article on the jobs of interpreters in the UN- the two being discussed were a) translating live dialogue in session and b) translating a written speech. After reading the thing, my teacher had five questions for us to write out answers to, four of which were comprehension questions. The fifth one was a bit of a critical thinking question.
After a few minutes, she decides to go through the questions as a class. The first four come and go pretty easily, and then she asks the fifth one. Bear in mind that my teacher is from France. I start smiling and biting my lip, which she notices. She calls on me to answer. The question?
What function does the United Nations serve?
I kept my oral response mild, but wrote a wonderful little blurb on why America should leave the UN... which she'll be reading tonight.
So? What did you write?
Get the UN out of the US, and the US out of the UN!!!
Couldn't have said it better myself, through I have tried very hard in my life not to learn French--LOL!
. . . it puts all the crooks in one place where it's easier to keep an eye on them.
Easy.
Rape, pillage and plunder.
Translated: The UN serves absolutely no constrictive purpose in the world today (nor has it ever, really) and if I had my choice, the United States would not be a member of the UN and they definitely would not have their headquarters based in New York City.
1. Keeps all the crazies in one place.
2. Lets everyone else know where not to send their kids for summer camp.
3. Keeps the NYC parking maids employed.
4. Shields the rest of NYC from large gusts of wind coming from that direction.
5. Allows liberals a place to see the progress of their agenda.
6. Keeps money from industrialized nations from becoming too stagnant.
7. Allows troops from different countries to taste the cuisine from countries worse off than their own.
As an international body, the UN specializes in bodily functions. With over 150 members, it is quite large, and therefore especially well-known for bodily functions of massize size.
LOL... all except for clearing the snot out of their collective cranial cavity.
Sweet. I would have added; "But it's a much better place with Amb. Bolton now cleaning up the joint." Probably would have sent her over the edge.
Cheers!
Or you could explain that the UN serves the same function as a condom:
-- It provides protection for a bunch of pricks
-- It gives a false sense of security to people who are getting screwed.
"What function does the United Nations serve?"
They help France hold up the white flag when she gets tired.
Well, keep that in mind in case she calls you out during the next class. She might just attempt to make an example (of God knows what) out of you.
Great analogy!
Well, it provides a pretty good lifestyle for diplomats, as well as bribery, kickbacks, and immunity from prosecution for those diplomats. It's also a great cover for unscrupulous money-making schemes, like "Oil for Food", which UN officials consider a perk.
Additionally, it provides a forum where corrupt dictatorships are treated like legitimate governments, as well as undeserved international recognition for countries that are internal basket-cases, such as France, sex slaves for those "peacekeepers" stationed in third-world pissholes... also, it provides jobs and benefits for the people who make those powder blue helmets.
That's about it, I guess.
..LOL...the expanse of wording..from snot to cranial in such a short sentence
Doogle
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