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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." --C.S. Lewis

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:: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 ::

Roger Simon on the state of the UN:

"As I have written numerous times on this blog, I am a supporter of the UN. (That is why I was so outraged by Oil-for-Food.) But now I wonder if it's salvageable as do, no doubt, many Americans whose tax dollars provide the primary support for what looks increasingly like a social club for sociopaths (Chavez, Ahmadinejad) and kleptocrats (Chirac, Kofi and the whole Oil-for-Food crowd.) What started out as a great liberal idea has turned into an almost perfectly reactionary institution - a common metamorphosis, alas. And after this change, as is also often common, an entirely new class has risen up to protect the institution and its perquisites. The question confronting us now is how to break this pattern."

Currently, the vast, undereducated third-world is running headlong into a highly technical, educated and civilized world they simply do not understand. Throw in a healthy dose of fascist ideology, fervent religious zealotry and a nuke or two and things could get out of hand very quickly. It will be interesting to see how the West tackles this challenge. But only one thing is certain; the feckless UN will be of no help whatever should these despots attempt to make good on their clownish threats at world domination.

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