RE: RE: [FT] UNSC (emotional rant)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: laserlight@quixnet.net [mailto:laserlight@quixnet.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 9:22 AM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: RE: RE: [FT] UNSC (emotional rant)
>
> >which is different from other governments how?
> 
> I can vote for or against my representatives and persuade 
> others of my political inclination to do likewise.  I can 
> call my representative or senator and have a reasonable 
> chance they'll take action; even if they don't, we're from 
> the same culture and I'll know that my issue was understood.	
> If the Evil UN becomes an effective one-world government, 
> they'll have power without accountability.

Laserlight,

Not all Governments allow you to vote for or against the people 
who make the laws. Take the USA where I live for example. Even 
though we pay lip service to "democratic methods" we are not close 
ourselves. Look at our last presenential election. The man with the 
popular vote lost. How can that be?

Many times Senators or Congressmen who are from States I do not 
live in are Chairmen in Committees that kill bills I want to see 
move forward or push bills forward I do not want and I did not 
vote for them nor do I have a say in their being placed in a 
place of power over my life. 

Another example? My City and County both can enact Taxes on my land 
without my say. They hide these Taxes behind words like "assessment", 
"easement", or "levy". "Taxation without representation?" All the time 
here in the good ol' US of A

Last Example? The American Court system has started to be used to 
"make law" rather then "interpret law". Again, in most cases these 
are Judges appointed not voted in. And in the case of the US Supreme 
Court they are in for life.

It is not that hard for me to see the UNSC/UN to be something like 
what Jon has created in his background. Many times the people in power 
do not ask the masses what they want, but do what is in the interest of 
those in power.