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-)
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