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Infrangibly mellifluous Member  |
rather an interesting video but also contains a link to a petition regarding the addition of the universal declaration of human rights to every passport, which i think is a bloody good idea, actually.
"Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth." -Brian Andreas Limertilly: A pagan deity forgotten by man and therefore banished to the realms of memory and darkness now remembered by a young girl in downtown L.A. in the form of a dream and therefore freed to reap your revenge on the people who discarded you, thereby forcing said girl to learn to use her innate yet awesome powers as a soothsayer to gather forces of the Earth to defy you and once more banish you to your cold, cold prisoooooon |
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Sittin' at the dock of the Bayeaux Tapestry Member  |
Admirable notion, but I don't know how well it would help to enforce human rights. The Soviet Union had an extensive bill of rights, for example.
 "What should your role be? In that station to which God has called you, be who you are Madam. That is to say the person in relation to whom, by virtue of the principle of legitimacy, everything in your kingdom is ordered, in whom your people perceive its own nationhood, and by whose presence and dignity the national unity is upheld." -- General de Gaulle to Queen Elizabeth II, 1960 |
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Infrangibly mellifluous Member |
oh, come on. how many people in this country know all that stuff? putting it in a passport would mean that LOADS of people would read it when they were queueing for stuff which needed a passport. *nodnod*
"Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth." -Brian Andreas Limertilly: A pagan deity forgotten by man and therefore banished to the realms of memory and darkness now remembered by a young girl in downtown L.A. in the form of a dream and therefore freed to reap your revenge on the people who discarded you, thereby forcing said girl to learn to use her innate yet awesome powers as a soothsayer to gather forces of the Earth to defy you and once more banish you to your cold, cold prisoooooon |
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Part-time avant garde shrubbery inspector who breaths fire and lets out a mighty YAHR! Member  |
All journeys begin with a single step. Its the people that say "oh, great but it will never work" and sit and do or say nothing that irritate me most.
Apathy is government's greatest enabler. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Discordian Priestess, Keeper of the Golden Pine-Apple. Jesus was a community organizer.  blog or not |
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Infrangibly mellifluous Member |
yes, mark, have you been and signed up?
"Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth." -Brian Andreas Limertilly: A pagan deity forgotten by man and therefore banished to the realms of memory and darkness now remembered by a young girl in downtown L.A. in the form of a dream and therefore freed to reap your revenge on the people who discarded you, thereby forcing said girl to learn to use her innate yet awesome powers as a soothsayer to gather forces of the Earth to defy you and once more banish you to your cold, cold prisoooooon |
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Girded for battle Member  |
 She is?There have been many times that, for some reason or another, I've sat and read my passport. I'd appreciate something more interesting to read! (And why are passport thingies always in French as well as English? For British and American ones, at least. If they could include the Declaration of Human Rights in French then that would be most conducive to my studies.) |
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Infrangibly mellifluous Member |
exactly my point, aisha! many is the time i've sat and read my passport because i was a) waiting in line to open a bank account, b) waiting for my flight, c) misc.
"Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth." -Brian Andreas Limertilly: A pagan deity forgotten by man and therefore banished to the realms of memory and darkness now remembered by a young girl in downtown L.A. in the form of a dream and therefore freed to reap your revenge on the people who discarded you, thereby forcing said girl to learn to use her innate yet awesome powers as a soothsayer to gather forces of the Earth to defy you and once more banish you to your cold, cold prisoooooon |
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Sittin' at the dock of the Bayeaux Tapestry Member |
I didn't say it would never work. Countries which take them seriously and have an established culture, I agree with it being done. But for countries which have damned awful attitudes to civil rights, this won't make a difference, I believe.
I'm guess I'm just cynical  "What should your role be? In that station to which God has called you, be who you are Madam. That is to say the person in relation to whom, by virtue of the principle of legitimacy, everything in your kingdom is ordered, in whom your people perceive its own nationhood, and by whose presence and dignity the national unity is upheld." -- General de Gaulle to Queen Elizabeth II, 1960 |
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Part-time avant garde shrubbery inspector who breaths fire and lets out a mighty YAHR! Member |
*facepalm* I knew that was going to happen. *edit in to DM* Maybe. But maybe the reading of something inspirational will inspire activism in those places that do not have such great records. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Discordian Priestess, Keeper of the Golden Pine-Apple. Jesus was a community organizer. blog or not |
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Sittin' at the dock of the Bayeaux Tapestry Member |
Lingua Franca, another widely spread language too. "What should your role be? In that station to which God has called you, be who you are Madam. That is to say the person in relation to whom, by virtue of the principle of legitimacy, everything in your kingdom is ordered, in whom your people perceive its own nationhood, and by whose presence and dignity the national unity is upheld." -- General de Gaulle to Queen Elizabeth II, 1960 |
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Girded for battle Member |
Maybe the citizens in those countries will go: "Hang on.. I was supposed to have rights?!" And then have a peaceful revolution and bring about a new age of harmony and equality for all. Could happen. *nods* |
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Infrangibly mellifluous Member |
so, mark, have you SIGNED IT?
"Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth." -Brian Andreas Limertilly: A pagan deity forgotten by man and therefore banished to the realms of memory and darkness now remembered by a young girl in downtown L.A. in the form of a dream and therefore freed to reap your revenge on the people who discarded you, thereby forcing said girl to learn to use her innate yet awesome powers as a soothsayer to gather forces of the Earth to defy you and once more banish you to your cold, cold prisoooooon |
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Sittin' at the dock of the Bayeaux Tapestry Member |
If they have a revolt (which rarely happens 'peacefully), they'll likely do it without reading their passports.
And no, I haven't signed - work compy won't accept the link for one thing! Stupid filters... "What should your role be? In that station to which God has called you, be who you are Madam. That is to say the person in relation to whom, by virtue of the principle of legitimacy, everything in your kingdom is ordered, in whom your people perceive its own nationhood, and by whose presence and dignity the national unity is upheld." -- General de Gaulle to Queen Elizabeth II, 1960 |
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is irreducibly complex Member  |
Oh! I heard a great quote from Benjamin Franklin the other day to this effect, basically predicting the downfall of the US due to corruption and apathy... but I can't remember what it was... *wanders off whistling* ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ Weeble Song! Sing along! ~ courtesy Snazzy Snazzypants |
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Did something right Member  |
If we do that, how are we supposed to waterboard people?
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has a beaver that talks Member  |
By ignoring it, silly!
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