Theater of the absurd, UN-style

Did you know Libya has a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, a body pledged to “strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe?” Between strafing protesters from the air, employing naval gunfire for crowd control and torturing anyone who doesn’t like it, Col. Gaddafi’s Libya “affirms the right of the individual to direct participation in the exercise of power, establishing a system of direct democracy based on the broad participation of all the people in the political and administrative decision-making process.” Meanwhile, Tripoli is burning tonight. Does anybody else think that maybe, just maybe, a change is in order at the HRC – or is it just me?