I knew that the Hague Convention prohibited the use of poison in war. I didn't know the details of the terms of the Convention, but I did know of that prohibition.
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At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did.
So the result was that as one approached a political convention for most of the 19th century and for most of the 20th century until the 1960's, part of the drama was the fact that you didn't know ultimately who was going to be the nominee at the end of that convention week.
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I only went to one Star Trek convention and that was in the late '80s. I hadn't gone to a convention before that. It was quite amusing, with the people dressed up and all of that.
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This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law.
I Found It. And It Works!
'One should not live,
With a prioritized agenda...
To persistently feed a greeding,
Fed to disenfranchise the lives of our fellowmen.
Together we can and could accept our differences,
To respect our ethnic contributions.
And embrace one another in unity! '
It must be close to election time.
~Why do you say that? ~
It was just last week that same person said,
'I earned every dime I had.
No one help me to achieve my success.
Any money I've accumulated and stored in hidden accounts,
I have in various offshore banks...
Is my business and my wife can attest to that.
People need to get up off their backsides and find a job.'
~Well...
you know we must all give him a benefit of a doubt.
Perhaps he has had a change of heart.~
Yeah, right.
His heart began to change when his opponent,
Began to rise in the polls after that convention.
And that convention was the best thing I've seen,
To motivate people since TV was invented.
Every speaker came to the podium with one intention.
One united purpose.
~And what was that? ~
To capitvate and electrify!
And the convention those other folks had?
I taped it!
~Why?
For what reason? ~
My doctor told me I should find something...
Something other than sleeping pills to aid my sleep.
I found it.
And it works!
The sheep I use to repeatedly count,
Are relieved I don't need them any more.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Prohibitions
Repudiation,
Prohibition,
Persistently;
Allegedly based upon your muse!
But i am prohibited to see you tonight.
poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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Arent You Kind Of Glad We Did?
Oh, it really wasnt my intention
To disregard convention
It was just an impulse
That had to be obeyed.
Though it seems convention weve been scorning
Ill still not go in mourning
Though my reputation
Is blemished, Im afraid.
With just one kiss
What heaven, what rapture, what bliss
Honestly, I thought you wouldnt.
Naturally, you thought you couldnt.
And probably we shouldnt.
But arent you kind of glad we did?
Actually, it all was blameless.
Nevertheless, theyll call it shameless
So lets keep the lady nameless
But arent you kind of glad we did?
Socially, Ill be an outcast
Obviously, we dined alone
On my good name there will be doubt cast
With never a sign of any chaperone.
No matter how they may construe it
Whether or not, we have to rue it
Whatever made us do it
Say, arent you kind of glad we did?
(instrumental bridge)
Whatever made us do it
Say, arent you kind of glad we did?
song performed by by Ella Fitzgerald
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The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.
quote by Tom Stoppard
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Poison! Poison!
Poison I breathe, poison I eat,
And poison poison I do drink,
Poison are my thoughts, poison are my acts,
Poison are my sleeps, poison are my dreams,
My blood is poison, poison is my flesh,
And poison poison are my bones.
Wherever I move
I envenom my fellow beings,
And enlarge my kingdom,
This is how my life goes on,
Living in the world: all poison poison.
poem by Muhammad Shanazar
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I think we've established a convention on the show that allows us to do pretty much anything we want to.
quote by Thayer David
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If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our soldiers say?
quote by Charles Schumer
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What is the Geneva Convention on wars! I have never read it.
quote by Yoweri Museveni
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Heather and I decided we were going to be pretty low-key at the convention.
quote by Mary Cheney
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I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it.
quote by George Takei
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You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion.
quote by Gustav Mahler
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This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.
quote by David Brinkley
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Number And Nationality
Since number needs, let our convention be
More large and simple here, more profitably free.
poem by William Baylebridge
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This war no longer has anything to do with knightly conduct or with the agreements of the Geneva Convention.
quote by Wilhelm Keitel
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I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.
quote by Hedy Lamarr
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A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature.
quote by Murray Kempton
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