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The title of this one is a reference to [[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]].

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== From [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/List of similarities between Canada and New Zealand]] ==

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''This was reverted with the following comment:'' Reverting again by the same person. I've told them not to but they continue regardless. Maybe violence (or lunch) might stop him.

''NB: I was the one that did the revert - Lunch did stop the person long enough for them to put it on BJAODN themselves :-) [[User:Cap601|cap601]] 17:24, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)''
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==From: [[Imminent threat]]==
:''starts off ok, then, well... [[User:Grutness| Grutness]]|<sup>[[User_talk:Grutness|hello?]]</sup> [[Image:Grutness.jpg|25px|]] 03:59, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)''
The standard criteria in [[international law]], developed by [[Daniel Webster]], for an "'''imminent threat'''", is when the need for action is "'''instant, overwhelming, and leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation.'''"  In such a case, he argued, the use of force in [[self-defense]] is justified.
 
According to American and British political theory, '''imminent threat''' is when a Middle Eastern leader might, if he felt like it, start a process whereby in ten or fifteen years - with a tailwind, and if he's still in power - be able to launch a minor assault on American or British interests. It also describes the '''imminent threat''' of electoral defeat of an American president or British Prime Minister unless he manages to invoke a national panic about such a Middle Eastern leader (this is a guaranteed election winner).