Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Once you clean out the fridge, what do you do with the leftovers?

Provided they don't smell bad, I eat them! If they smell bad, I take a bite, assess the status, and then eat them (unless I get a stomach ache)!

But regarding the Arab Spring, this is a serious question. Toppling dictators means that you now have dictators out of work and at the mercy of the new governments!

This brings into question the issue of rights. Despite how mean they are, dictators are people too... sort of... Therefore, some feel that their captors must protect their human rights. As we saw with Qaddafi, this isn't always so easy to enforce.

But they still committed crimes against humanity. Where should they be persecuted? Some make the case that their crimes were committed against their own people. Therefore, they should be prosecuted by their local courts. This could be problematic given that the newly appointed government and judges may have biases against or for the deposed despot. Some insist that the deposed leaders be tried in the International Criminal Court. Familiarize yourself with the structure of the ICC and where your country stands on its use. Some states disagree with the use of the ICC because it is the sovereign right of a state to put its own criminals on trial.

For all of you keeners out there, feel free to start researching. In fact, start anyways. Until next time! Fun fact for the road! Do you know why, when geese are flying south for the winter, one side of the flying-v is longer than the other?

...there are more geese in it... BAZINGA!!!

"I cannot recognize either the Palestinian state or the Israeli state. The Palestinians are idiots and the Israelis are idiots."
-- Muammar al-Qaddafi

Your supercalifragilisticexpialidocious chair, Josh

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