16 September 2005

UN defines stupidity

The UN announced today that it has finally come up with an official definition for stupidity. It is: "anything that has, may have or might already have happened".
The US finally agreed to this definition at the eleventh hour after the words "that is bad" were deleted from the end. The US's UN ambassador said he was pleased with the result. Ambassador John Dadots said: "It took some hard negotiatifying, but we got there in the end with God's good grace. Some other countries wanted the word 'stupid' in the definition, but I simply was not going to allow a form of words that would encompass so many of the US's current activities."
Some free speech groups are concerned that the definition may be too vague.
"If this gets codified into UK law, it would mean that almost any activity could be classified as 'stupid'," said Jack Itallin of the group People Against Others. "Tony Blair is already talking about changing the law so that if you 'think about stupidity in passing' you can be kept in jail for three months without trial."
The UN will start next week on a definition for idiocy. It is expected to take some years.