Comments on: Monday PSA: Children of Tomorrow http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1782 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:07:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Will http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1782/comment-page-1#comment-190166 Will Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:09:00 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1782#comment-190166 Since you seem to be big fan of comic book blogs, you should check out this one: http://nadshot.com A comic book blog dedicated to scenes of people being hit in the groin. Since you seem to be big fan of comic book blogs, you should check out this one:

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A comic book blog dedicated to scenes of people being hit in the groin.

]]> By: Eric Henry http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1782/comment-page-1#comment-189943 Eric Henry Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:55:27 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1782#comment-189943 Still no public holiday, but my local community radio station did decide to celebrate United Nations Day today by playing music from each of the current member countries of UN Security Council. Still no public holiday, but my local community radio station did decide to celebrate United Nations Day today by playing music from each of the current member countries of UN Security Council.

]]> By: C http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1782/comment-page-1#comment-189536 C Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:27:41 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1782#comment-189536 Actually I don't believe it is Western smugness. Just look at the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child yourself (http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm). Two big problems: nicely ambiguous langage, and numerous reservations (for example: "The Government of the Republic of Afghanistan reserves the right to express, upon ratifying the Convention, reservations on all provisions of the Convention that are incompatible with the laws of Islamic Shari'a and the local legislation in effect.") I should point out that Afganistan was just the first in an alphabetical and very long list which includes Germany, Australia, Switzerland, and the UK to name a few Western countries (Afganistan convinently makes the shortest effective example). It's hard to be "smug" about that in any medium. "Idealistic" maybe more appropriate for the comic. Actually I don’t believe it is Western smugness. Just look at the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child yourself (http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm). Two big problems: nicely ambiguous langage, and numerous reservations (for example: “The Government of the Republic of Afghanistan reserves the right to express, upon ratifying the Convention, reservations on all provisions of the Convention that are incompatible with the laws of Islamic Shari’a and the local legislation in effect.”) I should point out that Afganistan was just the first in an alphabetical and very long list which includes Germany, Australia, Switzerland, and the UK to name a few Western countries (Afganistan convinently makes the shortest effective example). It’s hard to be “smug” about that in any medium. “Idealistic” maybe more appropriate for the comic.

]]> By: Eric Henry http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1782/comment-page-1#comment-189474 Eric Henry Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:35:21 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1782#comment-189474 Not a public holiday here in Oz either. Not a public holiday here in Oz either.

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