Comments on: UN Human Rights Commission Doesn’t Even Know what Race Is

By: Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:36:59 +0000

Except, that the Lego is the piece being excluded. That doesn’t track with the interpretation that the poster is showing the Danes’ alleged racism.

Plus, the UN has used Legos in posters before.

By: Chad Evans

Chad Evans — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 22:12:08 +0000

Good point, but it doesn’t exactly mesh with what the UN Human Rights Commission has openly said about Denmark and how Denmark reacted to the entire cartoon jihad. The Lego is certainly excluded from the larger puzzle, but I interpret that as meaning the rest of the world is trying to conform while Denmark is still on the outside.

Of course with advertising, it is the image that usually leaves the longest impression. That is why the image must be chosen carefully. I do not feel this image was chosen carefully at all, rather I believe it was chosen to ostracize Denmark. That message fits with the other messages that have come from the UN, and not just the UN Human Rights Commission.

By: Blue Star Chronicles

Blue Star Chronicles — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:23:13 +0000

The U. N. Speaks Out Against Free Speech…

UN special rapporteur Doudou DiÃ©ne has attacked the people of Denmark calling them racists and xenophobes. Mr. Diene’s report was written in February but had not been published and only now has been ‘leaked’ to the press.
Since the U…

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:06:44 +0000

ThereÂ´s no reason to take messages of any kind coming from the UN too seriously.

Considering that 5 more or less arbitrarily chosen countries have a permanent seat and the power of veto in the UN, one of which is the greatest tyranny on earth at this moment, as well as the fact that recently, Ghadaffi was the official protector of human rights, the UN does not exactly lead by example!

Being danish, I (usually - noone is perfect!) just shrug my shoulders when I hear criticism coming my way from the UN. In most respects, my country is light years ahead of the UN on any issue concerning human rights or other legal subjects.

I too took offence at the poster, mainly because Kofi Annans criticism of Denamrk for upholding our own laws and protecting the right to free speech gave it an extra dimension. Normally I might have viewed it as described by Steven Taylor, but in light of recent events, I must confess to seeing it more like Ched Evans. Sad but true!