Thursday, September 16, 2004
Oh, excellent
Two details:
Kofi Annan is mildly cool for not butchering communication. While Annan says that our invasion of Iraq is in violation of the U.N. charter, the reporters practically beg him to say it is "illegal." Annan eventually yields and says, effectively, "fine, call it illegal, but in reality, it's in violation of the charter." That is, Annan recognizes that the U.N. is not a government and thus cannot make laws. Reporters, of course, cannot figure this out.
Also interesting: In Australia, to "table" something in the legislature means to present it. Here, of course, "tabling" in the legislature means to ignore it (postpone it, "put it on the table so you don't have to look at it," etc.). Oh, those crazy Aussies.
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