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Old 12-15-2006, 04:13 PM   #19
MaggieL
in the Hour of Scampering
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia)
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Originally Posted by JayMcGee
I thought you was the home of democracy, the land of of the free, et al...
Yeah, and I thought you was the home of English. I guess I were wrong. :-)

Orthodoc had it right though...I was pointing out that it wasn't legislation, the GA approved the text of a convention. Member states are free to become signatories or not. And nobody has veto power in the GA.
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