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  4. From: robinc@bnr.ca (Robin Collins)
  5. Subject: Re: Iraq renews threats against Kuwait
  6. Message-ID: <1992Aug14.133703.18030@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
  7. Sender: news@bmerh85.bnr.ca (Usenet News)
  8. Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa, Canada
  9. References: <1992Aug10.215329.700@ncar.ucar.edu> <1992Aug13.171037.2896@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <1992Aug13.191900.8551@iti.org>
  10. Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 13:37:03 GMT
  11. Lines: 18
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  13. In article <1992Aug13.191900.8551@iti.org> aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes:
  14. >In article <1992Aug13.171037.2896@bmerh85.bnr.ca> robinc@bnr.ca (Robin Collins) writes:
  15. >
  16. >>But if the UN is to be a "civilized body", then perhaps it should first
  17. >>be democratic, in terms of national representation (if not population
  18. >>representation).
  19. >
  20. >Given that the majority of UN member states are dictatorships or one
  21. >party states where dissent generally isn't allowed I find this talk of
  22. >'democracy' at the UN somewhat laughable.
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  25. Alas, then I guess the US should be allowed to run the show because it
  26. has put most of those dictatorship into power in the first place anyway, eh?
  27. Interesting concept of democracy you have there....
  28.  
  29. Frank
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