[SwinneySwitch]

Except for the unborn.

[street_lawyer]

So does the New Jersey Legislature and its Gov. But then there is little distinction between NJ and the UN.

[domenad]

Given the amount of people that China executed, which is more I believe than the US has executed since the death penalty was reinstated, why would anyone ever bother to lobby the US to end the death penalty? Seems to me the real progress is to be made in the east. Oh you mean the Chicoms would beat your liberal rear ends and charge them to clean the blood off their batons? Fascinating.

[bolobaby]

The “concerned nations” of the U.N. should do the *morally correct* thing and accept extradition of our murderers on death row. We’ll ship them there and they can care for them until death instead. How’s that?

[depressed in 06]

The resolution is not legally binding ...

Except to Justice Kennedy.

[djpg]

With what idiots does a UN resolution carry “moral weight”?

[the invisib1e hand]

Except for the unborn.

beat me to it.

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"a bold step for the international community..."

buzz off, moron.

[goldstategop]

I support the death penalty. Murderers and pedophiles do need to be executed.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[N. Theknow]

192-member world body

If my math is right, that is exactly the same number as tits on two dozen boars.

[Adams]

Given China’s population, and the fact that they oppose this, can they honestly state that this is “The Majority of the world’s opinion”?

[Beckwith]

Now ain’t that grand!

[no dems]

Does that include Saudi Arabia and other fanatical, Islamic countries?

[bpjam]

I agree! The UN should stopp killing people!

They can start by withdrawing their support of terrorist nations and murderous (either Marxists or Islamic dictatorships) which commit genocide in their own countries.

Sudan, for instance, could be solved if the French and Chinese could not use the UN to block efforts to get other countries troops in there to wipe out the islamo-gangs. The French put these guys in power and the Chinese and protecting them to get the oil exploration deals in Sudan. And the UN is the tool used to keep other countries help from being effective.

[chesley]

The vote in the 192-member world body was 104-54 with 29 abstentions. The resolution is not legally binding but carries moral weight and reflects the majority view of world opinion. Moral weight? It certainly does carry that. Do the exact opposite of what the UN recommends, and you may wear a halo of righteousness.

[C210N]

reflects the majority view of world opinion.

Well, now finally we can take those two sticky controversies, the death penalty and global warming, and put them BOTH to bed, since the majority of us are agreed and there is consensus.

[goodnesswins]

Goodnesswins VOTES against the UN! Take that you useless tyrant protection club.

[nyyankeefan]

UN Votes Against Death Penalty....except in the f’n muzzie countries....where it is perfectly acceptable to cut off heads!!!!

[SandRat]

[ApplegateRanch]

and reflects the majority view of world opinion.

I really doubt it.

It does reflect the majority, hypocitical, opinion of those who, as our Lords & Masters, would not hesitate to use it against the peasants "for the good of the regime state".

[RichInOC]

If we abolish the death penalty, how are we going to be able to properly handle most of the UN ambassadors?

[TASMANIANRED]

So are Iran, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Packistan, China, North Korea gonna stop executions now?

Thought not.