[ SECRET POST #3176 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3176 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Journey]


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03.
[Absolutely Fabulous]


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04.
(Sam Smith, Lana Del Rey, Shirley Bassey, Ellie Goulding)


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05.
[Tim Drake, DC Comics]


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06.
[Wakako-zake]


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07.
[FIFA, World Soccer Championship]


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08.
[Fear The Walking Dead]


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09.
[Calvin Dyson - Bond Reviewer, The Anime Man, BobSamurai's Anime Reviews, Retroblasting, Oliver Harper's Retrospective and Reviews]


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10.
[Higher Ground]


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11.
[Beelzebub]


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12.
[Steven Universe]


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13.
[Robert Stack, Unsolved Mysteries]








Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 056 secrets from Secret Submission Post #454.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[philstar22]

Enforcement is weak (mostly in the area of human rights, some areas like maritime international law and trade international law are very enforced) because countries were afraid of threats to their sovereignty. And the US didn't help by not signing onto the International Court or ratifying most of the treaties.

However, it can be used in some ways. Certainly some pressure can be put on countries. And the solution to its weakness is to push for strengthening it, not to get rid of it altogether.

There are lots of domestic laws that aren't enforced too. They are still the law.

[(Anonymous)]

The fact that states are sovereign actors in and of itself points to the basic contradiction of international law as a concept. So does the fact that nations can choose to not participate in it with no real penalties or drawbacks. And it also points to the uselessness of most of it.

And I would say that you can put pressure on countries without international law, and that I'm too skeptical about the basis for the project to be sasnguine about strengthening it further.

[philstar22]

Some international law, at least, is necessary. Countries need to trade with each other. There need to be rules for how to use the oceans and seas and who they belong to. Money goes beyond borders and needs to be regulated. So you can't get rid of it altogether. And it has been around at least since European countries began to sail.

Sovereignty has never, ever been absolute. There are always restrictions. And, IMHO, sovereignty is important, but it isn't the most important thing. Things like human rights are superior and transcend borders and governments.