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Let Freedom Ring,
Posted on 07/06/2006 9:16:12 AM PDT by Ebenezer
From my cold dead hands ...
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Let Freedom Ring,
DITTO!
I find it very interesting, and disturbing, that the UN refers to its members as "states" and not "nations" as in United Nations................
The UN? When have they ever really taken a weapon away from anyone? Watch out, they may issue a resolution and a deadline or two or three or more. I wouldn't lock and load just yet.
''Headline Writer Sets Sights on Remedial Spelling Course''
"U.N. forces have disarmed civilians in Kosovo, Haiti, and Somalia."
And it worked so well for the people there<s. Heck yea. I LOVE shooting at BLUE targets.As the POTUS says "Bring em' On!"
Smack the headline righter wrighter writer.
Site is a location. Sight is the part of the gun you use to aim it.
"All gun groups should be especially active as well as encouraging others to join them to preserve this most essential freedom---if America is to survive."
This piece does not address all the people outside the groups who own guns...and have less respect for people than the laws that protect us. Probably on the UN's payroll, at that.
The UN has replaced the British Empire as the new mediator of world governance. As I recall we had an encounter with the Brits and they failed to take away our arms too. Of course, Kofi Anus is a more honorable, and intelligent leader, then was King George (spit spewing sarcastic laugh).
"State" is not an unheard of term for an autonomous sovereign nation. It doesn't actually mean the way it is used in the US, at least since federalism is nowhere to be bound. It gives a little insight into what the founders intended (and what we got now ain't it).
"It's a fine line between clever and stupid."
Kofi Anus. I like that! I think that's just bocome my standard term for the guy.
Erps, meant to say "federalism is nowhere to be Found". Fingers get too excited and type too fast.
Civilians = non-muslims
In international law, "state" is probably the correct term for a sovereign governmental entity. Nation is more of a cultural term. Thus one "state" could have many "nations" in it in a multi-ethnic empire - for example the old Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia or Yugoslavia. You might even argue Iraq and the United Kingdom are that way right now. Similarly, you could have one "Nation" split into multiple "states" like East and West Germany. The trend in the past century has been for the "states" and "nations" align.
We run into the problem of using the term "state" in English to also mean political subdivision in addition to sovereign government. There is no good English word meaning sovereign government and nothing else. State, nation and country all fall short.
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