Anybody with any sense can see that we have to move on from our tribal past into a more universal position. That means doing away with the primitive tribal ideas of nations and races and moving towards a more advanced global position. That is obvious!
As for the UN – that is a brilliant idea that has a number of flaws:
a. It has not got the funding or clout to deal with the terrible wars and conflicts that keep cropping up between nations.
b. We still maintain national huge armies and hold on to outmoded views of sovereignty and patriotism and are reluctant to allow a global force to intervene.
c. We haven’t solved the checks and balances required to prevent a powerful global government from becoming an unassailable dictatorship.
It’ll happen.
We can’t wallow in the Dark Ages forever. One day we have to become properly civilised or wipe ourselves out!
Poetry – The Best there is
The Best there is
There’s the UN and the ICC
Bringing the world to justice.
Selective and imperfect
But where is the alternative?
Someone has to hold them to account –
The murderers and poachers,
The polluters and warlords;
All those who practice genocide.
It’s all we’ve got!
The best there is.
Opher 28.10.2018
There are people who act outside the jurisdiction of governments. They are having a laugh.
They think they can kill with impunity, destroy the planet, slaughter for fun and rip everybody off.
Somewhere there has to be a system to bring them to justice.
We have the International Criminal Court and the United Nations. They are far from perfect but they bring people together and occasionally they have teeth.
They are better than nothing.