# UNICEF no-goodniks?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unicef-no-goodniks/283195>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 5, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unicef-no-goodniks/283195 "2005-01-05T14:28:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unicef-no-goodniks/283195/21 "2005-01-06T16:16:58Z")

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> [@Duke](#):
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> When I Copernic’d "UNICEF Palestine suicide

“Copernic’d”? 😕

Enhance please, Mr. **Duke**.

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**Author:** ![Lambo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lambo)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unicef-no-goodniks/283195/22 "2005-01-06T16:35:37Z")

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> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#):
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> “Copernic’d”? 😕
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> Enhance please, Mr. **Duke**.

A quick Google found [this.](http://www.copernic.com/en/products/agent/index.html)

Hmm. ‘Googled’ vs. ‘Copernic’d’…Google wins, based on fewer syllables. Next case.

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unicef-no-goodniks/283195/23 "2005-01-06T16:39:16Z")

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> [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](#):
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> And how much of this is propaganda, exactly? The USA has been one of the main opponents to getting rid of the problem of child soldiers by raising the minimum age to 18 [UNICEF’s position]. The US government do not like UNICEF - who investigated and made public the devastating effects on children of the sanctions against Iraq, for instance.

Your information is out of date. The United States ratified the optional protocol relating to child soldiers on June 18, 2002. The ratification happened after it was clarified that the practice of accepting 17 year old volunteers, with the consent of a parent, for US military service would not violate the specific prohibitions on minors serving in armed forces.

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