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For those of you who didn't pick this up from the Australian Com Psych list, thought you'd "like" this. We have been very silent as a community on this list about the war, or else my employer is censuring my incoming e-mails Personally, I oppose the war and I will not "get behind my country" to support the war in any form. p ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 12:58:03 +0800 (WST) Send reply to: [log in to unmask] From: Heather Gridley <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list COMMPSYCH <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [Fwd: Some questions you won't find in Trivial Pursuit] -------- Original Message -------- From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Surprise, Surprise! Some questions you won't find in Trivial Pursuit Some questions you won't find in Trivial Pursuit... 1) Which is the only country in the world to have dropped bombs on over twenty different countries since 1945? 2) Which is the only country to have used nuclear weapons? 3) Which country was responsible for a car bomb which killed 80 civilians in Beirut in 1985 in a botched assassination attempt, thereby making it the most lethal terrorist bombing in modern Middle East history? 4) Which country's illegal bombing of Libya in 1986 was described by the UN Legal Committee as a "classic case" of terrorism? 5) Which country rejected the order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to terminate its "unlawful use of force" against Nicaragua in 1986, and then vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling on all states to observe international law? 6) Which country was accused by a UN-sponsored truth commission of providing "direct and indirect support" for "acts of genocide" against the Mayan Indians in Guatemala during the 1980s? 7) Which country unilaterally withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in December 2001? 8) Which country renounced the efforts to negotiate a verification process for the Biological Weapons Convention and brought an international conference on the matter to a halt in July 2001? 9) Which country prevented the United Nations from curbing the gun trade at a small arms conference in July 2001? 10) Aside from Somalia, which is the only other country in the worldto have refused to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child? 11) Which is the only Western country which allows the death penalty to be applied to children? 12) Which is the only G7 country to have refused to sign the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, forbidding the use of landmines? 13) Which is the only G7 country to have voted against the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 1998? 14) Which was the only other country to join with Israel in opposing a 1987 General Assembly resolution condemning international terrorism? 15) Which country refuses to fully pay its debts to the United Nations yet reserves its right to veto United Nations resolutions? 16) Which country has used its UN Security Council veto more often than any other? --Answer to all 16 questions: The United States of America. --The new moral dictators of the world??????? ***************************************************************************** This information is privileged and confidential and is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, copying or use of the information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error please destroy/delete the information and notify the sender on (03)9262 6333 or via return email. ***************************************************************************** ------- End of forwarded message ------- Paul Duckett Community Psychologist Department of Psychology and Speech Pathology Elizabeth Gaskill Building Manchester Metropolitan University Hathersage Road Manchester M13 0JA +44 161 247 2552 +44 161 247 6364 e-mail [log in to unmask] COMMUNITYPSYCHUK - The discussion list for community psychology in the UK. To unsubscribe or to change your details visit the website: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/COMMUNITYPSYCHUK.HTML For any problems or queries, contact the list owner at [log in to unmask]