Ita, found the statement in The Gleaner. Choose The Jamaica Gleaner for all your J'ca needs!
Not too rough a statement, actually, very diplomatic and thoughtful.
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Caroma - Mar 30, 2003 8:58:52 pm PST #2700 of 9843
Hello! I must be going.
§ ita § - Mar 30, 2003 9:06:26 pm PST #2701 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
very diplomatic and thoughtful.
That's our diplomatic corps ...
t /family preening
Caroma - Mar 30, 2003 9:49:52 pm PST #2702 of 9843
Hello! I must be going.
Do small countries really feel that the UN is important in the world? I think most Americans are still smarting from the debating-society, Zionism=racism, having to take places like Libya and the old Soviet Union as a moral force, and some very well-publicized crimes by diplomats and diplomat's kids in NY era.
§ ita § - Mar 30, 2003 9:54:39 pm PST #2703 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't speak for many, but a country the size of J'ca doesn't get much chance to have an influence on a global scale (well, there's the pervasive undercover effort I can't tell you about until just before I kill you) except in arenas like the UN. We don't have the money, or the weapons of mass destruction or anything.
What do crimes by diplomats have to do with the UN?
evil jimi - Mar 30, 2003 10:15:22 pm PST #2704 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
So, if there is an unwanted draft will the Aussies split for NZ the way the Americans split for Canada?
Well, considering it would require a plane or boat to get there, probably not.
Of course, as someone who's never had to worry about the draft, it's a moot point for me. :)
Trudy Booth - Mar 30, 2003 10:20:16 pm PST #2705 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
It would take them a train or boat to get anywhere, unless...
t Trudy sees "Crocodile Dundee" in a whole new light
Caroma - Mar 30, 2003 10:31:22 pm PST #2706 of 9843
Hello! I must be going.
Oh, the crimes had nothing to do with the UN per se, but they did make the diplomats look like criminals hiding behind their immunity and made their high-flying speeches inside the UN itself look sort of hypocritical. Cars with Dip Corp plates parking wherever they please in scarce spaces were a running joke with late-night comedians for years.
§ ita § - Mar 30, 2003 10:32:44 pm PST #2707 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But that taints all of diplomacy, not just the UN. Man, the difficulty I used to have explaining to people that my dad was a career diplomat, not a gift appointee, stunned me. I can't imagine why you'd hand someone an important spot like that because you kinda like them.
meara - Mar 30, 2003 10:39:43 pm PST #2708 of 9843
yeah, the concept of ambassadorships to random cronies never made much sense to me....i mean, giving them to the guy-from-your-party as opposed to the equally qualified guy from the other party, both of whom worked their way up the dip corps? That would be...well, maybe not sensible, but understandable.
oh, sorry...
t /american running away from thread so as not to further american-ly crowd it
Jim - Mar 31, 2003 2:58:51 am PST #2709 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Not got time or energy to jump into this right now. But go FayJay! Go FayJay! Go FayJay!