Who wrote that "bill of human rights"? Chairman Mao?


Can't argue about the fucking Eagles, though.

Hating on the US is very PC. Hating on most other countries is waysist, so people hate exclusively on the US. Or Russia.

According to that highly flawed list, we still apparently have 21 human rights. That's better than 2 out of 3!

Of course, if you go by The Clash, the record is worse.

Rock the Casbah?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lfInFVPkQs

Ok, gotcha.

Why is it always about human rights, when this thread could be about...........HUMAN LEFTS FTW. :D

And also (much) less than other countries. I mean that it may not be a good figure of distinction to compare with the worst of the worst and find you are still above them. Especially for those who suffer from disregard of human rights it probably doesn't matter much what else is good or bad.

If we argue that way we could even praise China because living there is definitely better than in North Korea.

Why only relying on opinions and believe, what about trying to gather facts? They are difficult to separate from the lies and opinions but they are there somewhere and in many cases evidence can be gathered.

For example: GITMO really exists - it's not just an opinion. Abu Ghreib really existed - it's not just an opinion. Toture really was practized during the era of GW Bush, it's not just an opinion.

While you can never be absolutely, totally sure, I would deem it very likely the US has many bad habits in this regard, more than for example Norway. While everyone has problems, it doesn't mean everyone has the same amount of problems. It could be that some have many more problems, especially if they do not start solving them. They probably pile up at some point. It's just a possibility though, everyone has to judge the facts by himself.

One organization that tries to gather facts in this regard is Amnesty International. If you are interested in evidences about human rights you could consider supporting them financially or otherwise. The other thing that can be done is voting for parties that are strongly for human rights and transparency. That way you can do something to improve your country.

!!! Thank you thank you thank you!

Every so often, I see posts on FB like "X country has y social benefit, and it works there, so why don't we adopt that system here?"

The difference in scope almost always bothered me, and now I have a better comparison to use if I try to reply.

This should not have made me laugh as hard as it did.

And you've said what I was planning to say.