In reply to Charles M. Brown's message of Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:31:57 +0000: Hi, [snip] >Vorts, > >It may be possible that there is a useable gap between >desperate political holdouts (undesirable) and last >bastions of sense (desirable) at the UN so a high and >ponderously changing ratification requirement, say 90%, >wolld allow more responsiveness than a veto but require >enough agreement to be a reflection of civilization.
I was thinking more along the lines of 2/3, but I'd settle for 90%. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.

