No, just a question what the average person thinks.

I was reading something that said the usual guff

'help prevent wars'
'protect children'
'peacekeeping'
etc etc

everyone was basically a failure

plenty of wars
plenty of abused children
peacekeeping was a joke when the main countries involved liked having wars.

Posted By: harry boulders on November 28th 2008 at 14:36:28

Message Thread

What's the point of The UN? (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Nov 28, 14:29:31
- To start a row on the wrath? (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Nov 28, 14:56:19
- hair collection (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 28, 14:49:39
- It's that thing the US and UK ignore when it suits them (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Nov 28, 14:47:00
- The UN works to make the world a better place for all people. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 28, 14:42:44
  - That's what I mean by failing (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Nov 28, 14:44:02
    - The fact that it is difficult to achieve ideals does not mean that one should abandon the (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 28, 14:47:59
      - in fairness to the world leaders after WW1 (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 28, 14:52:51
        
        The failing of the league of nations was it worked on a unanimous vote (General Chat) - pants, Nov 28, 14:57:57
        
        I'd have to look it up (General Chat) - pants, Nov 28, 15:14:20
        
        has the EU learned nothing from the League of Nations then? (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 28, 14:59:52
        
        EU or UN ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 28, 15:00:54
        
        EU (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 28, 15:04:34
        
        which previous post? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Nov 28, 15:00:53
        
        this one here (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 28, 15:09:32
        
        nah (General Chat) - pants, Nov 28, 15:11:37
        
        The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 28, 14:54:53
      - We've had European peace since 1945, IMO they should start pulling their finger out (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Nov 28, 14:52:21
        
        have we? (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Nov 28, 14:55:12
        
        All European countries haven't been warring together since 1945 (General Chat) - harry boulders, Nov 28, 14:57:56
        
        The problem there is, European countries are partly to blame for conflicts (General Chat) - pants, Nov 28, 15:02:10
        
        nob-heads like Switzerland and Sweden weren't warring in 1945 (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Nov 28, 15:00:33
        
        How silly of them (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 28, 15:03:10
        
        Errm, which bit of Europe are you referring to ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 28, 14:52:45
        
        The ones in the European Union (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Nov 28, 14:54:20
        
        Like Slovenia, you mean ? And Spain ? And Germany ? Hungary, Czech Republic, (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 28, 14:56:53
        
        What? (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 28, 15:00:05
        
        Countries currently within the European Union who (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 28, 15:03:18
        
        I think that's comparing apples and oranges (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 28, 15:09:18
        
        ethnic cleansing continued (s) (General Chat) - pants, Nov 28, 15:40:32
        
        No no no no no no (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 28, 15:12:01
        
        Europe since 1945 has been consderably more peaceful than at any other time in modern (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 28, 15:16:28
        
        Of course, Git, but as you well know I wasn't disputing that at all. However, we have not (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 28, 15:22:19
        
        too true - after all, we had a war with Iceland over fish! (n/m) (General Chat) - mr carra, Nov 28, 15:28:28
        
        we should have nuked them (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Nov 28, 15:29:37
        
        Would have saved us some bloody money all right (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 28, 15:32:36
        
        yep, our cod would have come pre-cooked (n/m) (General Chat) - mr carra, Nov 28, 15:37:22
        
        and the whole Tevez-saga would never have happened (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 28, 15:34:09
        
        See the UN didn't prevent it (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Nov 28, 14:59:27
        
        No. But I doubt they could prevent a burp. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 28, 15:00:21
    - You don't know how bad things would be without them though. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 28, 14:45:42
      - and you don't know that they wouldn't be better (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 28, 14:47:17
        
        Indeed. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 28, 14:49:55
        
        *water*. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 28, 14:50:34
        
        WE KNEW (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 28, 14:53:44
- peacekeeping (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Nov 28, 14:32:46
- It's a pre-fix that turns many words in the English language into their opposite meaning. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Nov 28, 14:32:37
- Is this an mbk stylee dilemma? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 28, 14:32:11
  - No, just a question what the average person thinks. (General Chat) - harry boulders, Nov 28, 14:36:28
    - I think it serves a good humanitarian purpose, and it's the modern day red cross (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Nov 28, 14:41:13
      - So what does the Red Cross do now the UN is the Red Cross ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 28, 14:46:37
        
        Replaces mercury fillings with white ones (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 28, 14:50:24
        
        That's brilliant. So the starving war children at least don't have gammy teeth on the tell (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 28, 14:52:17
        
        y (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 28, 14:52:20
        
        I meant like the red cross really. If someone sees the UN in a war zone (General Chat) - pants, Nov 28, 14:48:55
        
        No, not really (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Nov 28, 15:12:09
        
        lol. Are you serious ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 28, 14:50:27
        
        No, I'm just doing this to entertain you (General Chat) - pants, Nov 28, 14:52:47
        
        Mysogynistic twat (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 28, 14:59:47
        
        It kills poor children. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Nov 28, 14:47:48
        
        Provides highly visible places for helicopters to land. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 28, 14:47:21
      - What's the Red Cross (/Crescent) then? (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Nov 28, 14:46:25
        
        haha, someone came to talk to me, so I hit submit (General Chat) - pants, Nov 28, 14:49:52
        
        that's the old UN (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 28, 14:46:52
        
        and the Pink 'Un? (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 28, 14:48:01
      - I thought the Royal Navy did that (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Nov 28, 14:43:18
- justifies ridiculous wages? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Nov 28, 14:30:15

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