[bestbits] Important new joint submission to CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation

[Marianne Franklin]

Dear all

I would prefer that the whole phrase is rewritten; tyrannical is an 
emotive word. It has no place in this sort of advocacy.

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.

Nuance is in this respect an important ethical stance to take and closer 
to the reality.

best
MF

On 24/08/2013 01:11, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> On 23/08/2013, at 7:16 PM, genekimmelman at gmail.com 
> <mailto:genekimmelman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>> Maybe something that conveys disrespect for human rights principles?
>
> Thanks for this feedback.  Would it be OK if we just delete the second 
> "tyrannical" leaving it as follows:
>
> "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 such practices."
>
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Dr Marianne Franklin
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