The strong can flout it and the weak can suffer from it.
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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
too young to go... maybe i can persuade my parents...
because i cant go and i cant help in any way *feeling sooo stupid* im not going to go and buy my really-needed new shoes today, even if i have to stay with my tattered trainers for another year... or till the sales come one again... (im being very unsensitive because if i get started you wont hear the end of it so dont hate me will ya?)
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Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
Submitted by MuslimBro on 3 January, 2009 - 23:24 #4
There are also the Geneva conventions and whatever the UN says (I think).
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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Submitted by MuslimBro on 4 January, 2009 - 01:20 #6
You wrote:
There are also the Geneva conventions and whatever the UN says (I think).
Wikipedia wrote:
Public international law, which involves for instance the United Nations, maritime law, international criminal law and the Geneva conventions.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Submitted by BDB (not verified) on 4 January, 2009 - 02:04 #8
or if you're the USA, you can 'vetoe' the application of any such law and therefore it ceases to exist. 'international law' - a law, only if it suits the USA . .
Look it up.
International law is pointless.
The strong can flout it and the weak can suffer from it.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
too young to go... maybe i can persuade my parents...
because i cant go and i cant help in any way *feeling sooo stupid* im not going to go and buy my really-needed new shoes today, even if i have to stay with my tattered trainers for another year... or till the sales come one again... (im being very unsensitive because if i get started you wont hear the end of it so dont hate me will ya?)
Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
I guess so.
There are also the Geneva conventions and whatever the UN says (I think).
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
or if you're the USA, you can 'vetoe' the application of any such law and therefore it ceases to exist. 'international law' - a law, only if it suits the USA . .