Re: sjprt article on pop. & devel.

[Thomas Lunde]

Title: Re: sjprt article on pop. & devel.

Dear Peter: Given the carnage of war - the wasted use of resources - the brutalities of ethnic cleansing, torture, concentration camps, I am willing to entertain any suggestions except the one you postulate which is fear of change.  If we get to the point where we let slogans rule our lives, I prefer Jesus's - Love thy neightbour as you love yourself. Think of the ol west and the lawless frontier town with it's bully's, drunkeness, gambling and prostitution.  You elect a marshal - or appoint and their job is to arrest and present a case for the court in which a judge makes a decision as to whether a law has been broken. What's so different about an international police force?  Milosovec breaks the international law - the police force is sent in to apprehend him, if his military tries to prevent this, the whole international community contributes forces to overcome, challenge or face down the local military. The bad guy is arrested, a case is prepared, a judge decides.  War is hopefully averted.  If not, the war is created by the person charged trying to evade arrest and the full force of the resources of the world are used to enforce the laws of the world. Of course, in the ol frontier town, the brothel owner, the saloon keeper, the bully rancher boss, did not want the law, but each of them individually became less powerful against the resources of the community and when necessary, vigilantes or a posse - acting as a citizens militia might have to be invoked. To continue to allow government leaders to borrow a country into financial servitude while loading up their Swiss bank accounts, or to tyranize a portion of their citizenry must be considered a violation of the rights of citizens and those who do this must be held accountable.  Once it is stopped, then we will wonder why it was not done sooner. Respectfully, Thomas Lunde ---------- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Marks) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: short article on pop. & devel. >Date: Tue, Jul 13, 1999, 1:36 PM > > On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Thomas Lunde  wrote: > >> I know it has been postulated before, but I think it is time, perhaps >> evolutionary to make a conscious decision to outlaw war.  If that requires a >> world police force, so be it. > > Be careful what you wish for! > > I doubt you're suggesting that the US should serve such a function, so are you > thinking of a UN police force capable of policing even the US?   If so, are > you proposing this as an experiment to see if Lord Acton was right ("Absolute > power corrupts absolutely")? > > If nothing else, such concentrated power would be an irresistible magnet for > precisely those people whose instincts that power was created to control.  The > danger of cooptation seems insurmountable. > > P-)