That, in a nutshell, is my test question for tomorrow. Joy! Kinda broad huh?
Anyway, i've realised after more than half my politics at uni stint that you get quite good at brainstorming the basic ideas, just 'cos they seem to be repeated at EVERY SINGLE SUBJECT.
I've been looking a lot into how we can reform the UN for this, just because i think that's the way the world should go - global governance and cooperation. Yes, Mr. Bush, it's that really long word with the 2 O's that looks kind of funny. But it's ok, you'll learn it in time. Hey, it's just as long as the word caterpillar. Yeah! That one from your favourite childhood book, The Very Hungy Caterpillar, written a year after you were out of college. Hhhmmm...
Anyway, here's some shocking things that my (provoked) brain thinks that you should know.
The UN Security Council Permanent 5 - that makes BIG decisions that affect the world (like whether we should have a war or not) has NO WOMEN on it. Naturally representative of the other 50% of the world without penises.
The G8, which has the capacity to decide if they want to address poverty or not (remember those white ID tags that were all the craze?) has ONLY ONE woman on it. And she's German. Go European countries!
What? What about a woman Secretary General? Hasn't happened as yet. Then again, it's a big role to fill - what with all this willy-jousting* to get anything done at all.
*term i borrowed from Sheila Jeffreys, uber-feminist lecturer in Melbourne Uni who is a lesbian BY CHOICE because in her view, any form of penetration is rape. (so, we'll just stop the raping that's going on to keep the human race alive huh?)
Bleah. Politics is BIG. But we should be more aware too.
So everyone, lift your arms up, embrace the love, and welcome in the NEW Secretary General of the UN - Ban Ki-moon from South Korea. Good luck trying to bring peace to the world while your closest neighbour is trying to blow half of it up.
No really. No cynicism. The world is a beautiful place. (it's just the people that are f*cked up)
Photo courtesy of NASA's Terra Earth-Obserbing Spaceship
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