May2 2009 text

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Reading about the process of ratifying this UN treaty, a parallell to modern-day facebook comes to mind. 160 pressed “I like”, 38 of these commented, some pressed “I like” in response the comments while others started whining over the lack of a “dislike” option. There are comments on the objections to the reservations against essentially every article of the covenant. People, please stop proving our critics right.

I’m not sure I like the idea of concensus.