From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2d9aad84ea395c96 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-19 21:29:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed.uncensored-news.com!propagator-sanjose!news-in-sanjose!in.nntp.be!newsfeed01.tsnz.net!ken-transit.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: non military license for ada References: <1047676770.614608@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <6a90b886.0303170020.5e230ea5@posting.google.com> <1047919117.217610@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <6a90b886.0303171644.20164b4d@posting.google.com> <6a90b886.0303180253.7349aa01@posting.google.com> <1048002583.348518@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <6a90b886.0303190151.798ff5cc@posting.google.com> <1048091365.478422@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.3b1 (PPC Mac OS X) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 05:29:39 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.47.50 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1048138179 144.132.47.50 (Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:29:39 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:29:39 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35549 Date: 2003-03-20T05:29:39+00:00 List-Id: Hyman Rosen wrote: > Christopher Browne wrote: > > There seems a fair chance that this will have a pretty destructive > > effect on the credibility of the UN > > The UN has no credibility. They are a bunch of buffoons, > occasionally useful as a beard. They clearly have no credibility with -you-, however credibility is a matter of perception, and it thus a personal issue. Are you saying that you think UNICEF is totally useless, or that the UN troops stationed in Crete have had no effect? If not, then surely they have -some- credibility in your eyes. > > > It's rather interesting that the main recent markets for Iraqi oil, > > and the main recent suppliers of weapons to Iraq, happen to be the > > very same countries opposing UN intervention. > > Not surprising at all. Business is business. > Principled behavior is rare, alas. I suspect it's not that bad. People tend to notice bad things more often than they notice good things. Dale