09-26-2006, 08:23 PM
The real question is whether this is an appropriate subject for UN legislation, and not the merits of criminalization.
Under the rationale that this resolution is effectively using, anything could be the subject of a UN resolution on the basis that it needs to be made illegal.
That rationale is a weak foundation, and at the moment, we are undecided.
update:
We have decided to vote against, in part because our stated concerns appears to have support among other IDU members as a bsis to oppose.
As to the vampire question, I would think the law might not apply to them if for no other reason than they might not be considered "human."
Under the rationale that this resolution is effectively using, anything could be the subject of a UN resolution on the basis that it needs to be made illegal.
That rationale is a weak foundation, and at the moment, we are undecided.
update:
We have decided to vote against, in part because our stated concerns appears to have support among other IDU members as a bsis to oppose.
As to the vampire question, I would think the law might not apply to them if for no other reason than they might not be considered "human."