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Contributor: banquosghost
Date: 2003-03-13 20:12:55
The UN sometimes looks like a five ring circus because of it's attempt to be a global democratic institution. Democratic institutions are messy, can get loud with a lot of people talking at once and over long periods of time, can take a long time to accomplish things and on and on. It's part of the deal when an aim of an institution is to foster dialogue rather than armed conflict. As Churchill said, "To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war." So a dog and pony show it may appear to be but quoting Churchill again, on democracy, "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried." I'm OK with lots of talking over long periods of time because *precisely that* is one of the foundational tenets of democratic government.
If some group tries to convince you that all that talking is a waste of time and everything would be so much better without it, immediately look for the unsmelled rat.
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