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Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Palais Des Nations, Geneva

Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Palais Des Nations, Geneva by gruntzooki.

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bopuc  Pro User  says:

"Tags: funny"
Hrm, dunno if I find it so funny...

I find it good (i.e.: I am glad) that there is a working group on the subject, yet I am very sad such a thing is necessary. :\
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caterina  Pro User  says:

I think it is a bit presumptuous to call the group "against torture" -- I think that is what Cory is tagging funny. It's hardly controversial. Can you picture a Committee FOR torture?
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gruntzooki  Pro User  says:

Well, yeah, and moreover, tell me that it's not at least funny-curious to see a noticeboard for meetings of committees against torture and arbitrary detainment. Obviously, these are Geneva Convention working groups and I'm glad they're there, but if you were writing a sketch comedy bit about the UN, you couldn't find a better hybrid of bureaucratic and humanitarian incongruence than "the commitee to end torture."
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Beelzebozo says:

I’ll admit that I laughed when I first saw it. Also, I agree that the funny is of the funny-curious variety and derives from the bizarre juxtaposition of bureaucratic and humanitarian aspects of the group names.
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bopuc  Pro User  says:

Sorry guys, wasn't harping on Cory's choice of tags... just saying it's sad that such things as committees against torture etc must exist at all.

I do see the humor of course. ;)

Reminds of when I told Gilberto Gil that as happy as I was about the existence of Creative Commons, it also pained me that it was something that we now HAD to have and use and promote. "Ça fait mail" I told him ("it hurts", in french). He grabbed me, said "Yes! It hurts!" and gave me a hug. Hehehehe.
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nothusdicax [deleted] says:

At least they didn't list 'lunch break' in the middle of that..
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