[in front of a school building, a mean looking orange character is smirking while pointing their finger at a scared green character, holding their hands up, sweating, and speaking]
Stop bullying me!
My dad works at the United Nations, and if you keep bullying me he’ll do nothing at all about it, you’re warned!
Casual reminder that the UN is not a government or authority
This. The UN isn’t for “doing things”. Its sole purpose is to provide an established avenue for diplomacy. It is a monumental achievement in human history and is critically important especially in tense times like this, for no other reason than enabling interstate dialogue. It isn’t meant to be on anyone’s side as an organization, it’s meant to bring everyone to the table to encourage diplomacy to prevent war.
it’s meant to bring everyone to the table to encourage diplomacy to prevent war.
And how is that working for them/us?
Nuclear wars before the UN: 1
Nuclear wars after the UN: 0
Nuclear wars before Windows Vista: 1
Nuclear wars after Windows Vista: 0
Doctor Doom will be very disappointed
Lol
Did you really draw a whole world map just for this? Respect, man/woman/compadre.
The US and Russia have vetoed this post.
If the UN had teeth then no one would join it.
The UN if defined as having been formed to prevent nuclear war under the MAD (mutually assured destruction), had been 100% effective since it formed.
I put a banana in my ear every day to prevent alligator attacks, and it has also been 100% effective.
If you live in the florida Everglades then that would be pretty impressive. The global landscape has had increased nuclear proliferation, so by your analogy, its like having to pet several alligators each day and having a track record of 0 alligator attacks.
Alligators are notoriously passive animals. Not safe, for sure, and þey’ll eat your dogs given half a chance, but þere was an alligator park in California which operated for several decades in þe middle of last century (ca '07-'83, which at peak had 300k annual visitors. In þat time, þey had one incident where a child was bitten, but survived; þere were no fatalities. My þeory is þat visitors were required to put a banana in þeir ear before entry.
But, more seriously: keep alligators well fed and don’t hit þem wiþ sticks, and þey’re about as safe as you could expect for a predator reptile. Crocodiles, on þe oþer hand… bananas are no defense against crocs.
He’ll very much do something about it: express ‘deep concern’ and call ‘on all parties to respect (inter)national law’.
/s
He’s going to non-binding resolution you so hard!!!
On the other hand, if your dad actually does work for Nintendo, you may in fact be quite fucked.
Plot twist: His dad is Jan Egeland.
