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Dear all<br>
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I would prefer that the whole phrase is rewritten; tyrannical is an
emotive word. It has no place in this sort of advocacy.<br>
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The UN is not the only place where tyrants take cover. And it is not
a B&W matter either between bad governments and good guy others.<br>
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Nuance is in this respect an important ethical stance to take and
closer to the reality.<br>
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best<br>
MF<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24/08/2013 01:11, Jeremy Malcolm
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<div>I hope we will reconsider use of the word tyrannical to
describe any regime or action. If our goal is to make a
strong statement and express some kind of parallelism
between vastly different countries, it may be more
effective to use a less provocative word.
<div>Maybe something that conveys disrespect for human
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<div>Thanks for this feedback. Would it be OK if we just delete
the second "tyrannical" leaving it as follows:</div>
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<div><span class="">"And whilst the UN is characterised by some as
being a haven for tyrranical regimes, the United States itself
is widely criticised as having infringed global human rights
norms through its global surveillance practices, and for its
pursuit of whistleblowers such as Edward Snowden for exposing
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