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|    David Dalton to All    |
|    Re: United Nations Day    |
|    24 Oct 23 02:34:09    |
      4f711de9       fbd3fcd1       XPost: alt.atheism       From: dalton@nfld.com              On Oct 24, 2023, 56d.1152 wrote       (in article<3hCdnStjh9R42ar4nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@earthlink.com>):              > On 10/23/23 11:59 PM, David Dalton wrote:       > > October 24, 2023 is United Nations Day, the anniversary       > > of the official creation of the United Nations in 1945.       > >       > > It is also Vijayadashami, also known as Dussehra, Dasara       > > or Dashain, a major Hindu festival celebrated every year       > > at the end of Navaratri. (from Wikipedia)       >       > The UN is now run by the exact OPPOSITE kinds of       > people who founded it. Naught but - despots, dictators,       > maniacs and fanatics.       >       > It should be disbanded instantly for the good       > of humanity.       >       > The old NYC site - sell it for condos of "historical       > interest" ... oughtta bring in some tax money .....       >       > As for the Hindu angle ... don't really see it.       > Nothing to do with a "UN".       >       > The old League Of Nations went to hell before WW2.       > the UN has now also gone to hell. A different sort       > of paradigm for "international opinion/action" needs       > to be developed. Less "authority" and more "good       > ideas" .....              I think there may be a way to repair the UN rather than       trashing it.              --       https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)       "But you come around in your time; Speaking of fabulous places,       create an oasis; Dries up as soon as you're gone; You leave me       here burning in this desert without you" (Sarah McLachlan)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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