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The UN does a great job at making itself more irrelevant every day:

Saudi Arabia has been chosen as the chair of the UN commission that is supposed to promote gender equality and empower women around the world, after an unopposed bid for leadership condemned by human rights groups because of the kingdom’s “abysmal” record on women’s rights.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/ ... commission

I wonder if this is an early April Fool's joke?

Doc67 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:02 am I wonder if this is an early April Fool's joke?

One would hope so, but it seems real. Not comprehensible, for me at least. I guess it is all politics, but it is a sad state of affairs when even the UN makes it clear that they do not give a flying eff about women's rights.

That's like having Jake the Muss run a battered women's refuge.

Random Dude wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:38 pm That's like having Jake the Muss run a battered women's refuge.

And for those of us who haven't a clue who or what Jake the Muss is:

About
Jake "The Muss" Heke is the villainous main protagonist in 1994 New Zealand drama film Once Were Warriors, and its 1999 sequel What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?. His storyline focuses on beating up his wife Beth Heke and threatening his family in a New Zealand.
https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Jake_Heke

Username Taken wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:54 pm
And for those of us who haven't a clue who or what Jake the Muss is:

About
Jake "The Muss" Heke is the villainous main protagonist in 1994 New Zealand drama film Once Were Warriors, and its 1999 sequel What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?. His storyline focuses on beating up his wife Beth Heke and threatening his family in a New Zealand.
https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Jake_Heke

That movie was very hard to watch.

Username Taken wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:54 pm

Random Dude wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:38 pm That's like having Jake the Muss run a battered women's refuge.

And for those of us who haven't a clue who or what Jake the Muss is:

About
Jake "The Muss" Heke is the villainous main protagonist in 1994 New Zealand drama film Once Were Warriors, and its 1999 sequel What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?. His storyline focuses on beating up his wife Beth Heke and threatening his family in a New Zealand.
https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Jake_Heke

Yep that's him. The movie was kind of a defining moment in NZ culture, it made everyone look at the dark side of society. Even now it's a kind of reference for domestic abuse - if you say you grew up in a Once Were Warriors family, everyone knows what you mean.

The 'cook the man some eggs' scene is on YouTube, don't watch it if you have a weak stomach. If you do watch it though, you'll understand my comparison between Jake the Muss and the Saudi's running a women's rights forum.

The real point is: Capital wins the war !!
Look to Gaza, why the Jewish fuck up all the Filistines ???
They are richer . . .

hanno wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:39 am The UN does a great job at making itself more irrelevant every day:

Saudi Arabia has been chosen as the chair of the UN commission that is supposed to promote gender equality and empower women around the world, after an unopposed bid for leadership condemned by human rights groups because of the kingdom’s “abysmal” record on women’s rights.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/ ... commission

WTF?

Can't wait for Conchita Wurst to give his/her first concert in Dubai ^^