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Originally posted by jlillyOdd. In a culture that seperates the sexes from birth, forces women to be covered from head to toe in public, and doesn't allow any interaction other than arranged marriages, I would guess that they could probably hang the entire male population in most any Islamic country for the same thing. It's one of Islam's dirty little secrets that everybody knows but no one talks about.
Holy socks! Does this mean Iranians don't believe in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? Maybe the United Nations can do something?
http://beirut.indymedia.org/ar/2005/07/2999.shtml
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Some conservatives may not get upset about it because they may not like homosexuals, but most would be upset by it.
Btw, my comment was purely about leftists. I made no comment about "Right Wingers".
This thread reminds me of when Little Hitler spoke at the UN and said that Iran didn't have any homosexuals.
13 Oct 08
Originally posted by Sam The ShamWaiting on my ban for not celebrating diversity and admiring Islamic homo culture. No takers? Scherzo?
Odd. In a culture that seperates the sexes from birth, forces women to be covered from head to toe in public, and doesn't allow any interaction other than arranged marriages, I would guess that they could probably hang the entire male population in most any Islamic country for the same thing. It's one of Islam's dirty little secrets that everybody knows but no one talks about.
13 Oct 08
Originally posted by jlillyThe US didn't sign the universal declaration for children's rights.
Holy socks! Does this mean Iranians don't believe in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? Maybe the United Nations can do something?
http://beirut.indymedia.org/ar/2005/07/2999.shtml
Did you know that?
Because that would mean they couldn't fry handicapped kids.
However, the Iranian regime is as backwards as they come. How it got that way? Well... look up some history.
On the plus side though, the Iranian regime won't last for too long if left alone. Their parliament is already gaining power over the religious idiots.
13 Oct 08
Originally posted by shavixmir"Their parliament is already gaining power over the religious idiots."
The US didn't sign the universal declaration for children's rights.
Did you know that?
Because that would mean they couldn't fry handicapped kids.
However, the Iranian regime is as backwards as they come. How it got that way? Well... look up some history.
On the plus side though, the Iranian regime won't last for too long if left alone. Their parliament is already gaining power over the religious idiots.
If only the same thing could be said about the US, where the religious idiots ARE the government!
13 Oct 08
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Originally posted by shavixmirIt's because it butchers the meaning of the word "rights" to mean anyone can demand material goods from anyone else, which is not what rights have ever meant in the US. We take rights very seriously and the UDHR uses the word very differently.
The US didn't sign the universal declaration for children's rights.
Did you know that?
Because that would mean they couldn't fry handicapped kids.
However, the Iranian regime is as backwards as they come. How it got that way? Well... look up some history.
On the plus side though, the Iranian regime won't last for too long if left alone. Their parliament is already gaining power over the religious idiots.
It's like a Christian country signing a "declaration of human worship for God" where "God" is defined as "Allah" and bowing to Mecca is part of the Declaration.
13 Oct 08
Originally posted by AThousandYoungHuh?
It's because it butchers the meaning of the word "rights" to mean anyone can demand material goods from anyone else, which is not what rights have ever meant in the US. We take rights very seriously and the UDHR uses the word very differently.
It's like a Christian country signing a "declaration of human worship for God" where "God" is defined as "Allah" and bowing to Mecca is part of the Declaration.
What are you on about?
The US abstained from the UDCR because they wanted to ability to sentence people who comitted a crime under the age of 18 to a death penalty.
Defend it any which way you want, it still ain't gonna look cool.
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Originally posted by shavixmirActually...
Huh?
What are you on about?
The US abstained from the UDCR because they wanted to ability to sentence people who comitted a crime under the age of 18 to a death penalty.
Defend it any which way you want, it still ain't gonna look cool.
Did the US abstain? I'm not finding evidence that we did. How exactly did we abstain from it?
It's considered non-binding legally. Is that what you mean? Or are you referring to the International Bill of Rights or the ICC?
13 Oct 08
Originally posted by AThousandYoungOn 10 December 1948, at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, the 58 Member States of the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with 48 states in favour and eight abstentions (two countries were not present at the time of the voting). General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948, (French) (Spanish) which proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, was adopted as follows: In favour: Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Chile, China,Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Siam (Thailand), Sweden, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Actually...
Did the US abstain? I'm not finding evidence that we did. How exactly did we abstain from it?
Abstaining: Byelorussian SSR, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Ukrainian SSR, Union of South Africa, USSR, Yugoslavia.
http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/miscinfo/carta.htm
13 Oct 08
Originally posted by no1marauderI was misinformed! People keep whining about how we abstained from it but we apparently did not.
On 10 December 1948, at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, the 58 Member States of the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with 48 states in favour and eight abstentions (two countries were not present at the time of the voting). General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948, (French) (Spanish) w ...[text shortened]... n SSR, Union of South Africa, USSR, Yugoslavia.
http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/miscinfo/carta.htm
13 Oct 08
Originally posted by no1marauderWe're on about the UN charter on children's rights.
On 10 December 1948, at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, the 58 Member States of the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with 48 states in favour and eight abstentions (two countries were not present at the time of the voting). General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948, (French) (Spanish) w ...[text shortened]... n SSR, Union of South Africa, USSR, Yugoslavia.
http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/miscinfo/carta.htm