Chester Pearson wrote:Did I miss the resolution that prohibits nations from passing NEW laws somehow? If I did, those gnomes are doing a really shitty job, I must say....
And therein lies the fatal element of this resolution that its supporters are doing semantic gymnastics to avoid: at it's heart, it is an embrace of civil law over common law and an expectation that nations will 'pass laws.'
The irony is that while you want to blame Police States for opposing this, we are in fact one of the most libertarian states n the WA, with no police or standing military. So perhaps you might want to think again about your perspective...