U2Bama;
As always, you speak with calm reason and balanced wisdom, a quality I will never posses, especially when speaking of AI.
My main hatred of AI comes from its involvement with the Pinochet case, when he could have been extradited to the hands of Spain, however, AI spoke against it and warned all the parties concerned of HIS rights as a human being. This comes as no surprise, as AI aims to uphold all the articles of the Convention of Human Rights, another thing I THOROUGHLY disagree with.
Now, I have done a lot of work on Amnesty INternational, this stems back to monumental research I did for a project back in Catholic School, and basically, I realised that AI was there to uphold EVERYONE'S rights, including those who (in my eyes) clearly do not deserve them and endanger other people. Thanks to AI, they helped make Pinochet walk free, they made a mockery of justice and spat in the face of Spain who DESERVED to have Pinochet on trial to answer for the countless of deaths of Spaniards in his country during his dictatorship.
In that case, Amnesty International proves its arrogancy and lunacy; providing rights for those who trample on everybody else's.
As for China going too far, I regard its treatment of political dissidents as justified, though no one should be tortured for religious reasons. It is different when it comes to political activism, I believe that political activism is a very dangerous thing in the hands of certain individuals; the Chinese dealing with certain dissidents, in their eyes, would be like Germany dealing with the Nationalist PArty these days.
Ultimately, Amnesty International are a bunch of hypocrites, they accuse China of barbarism regarding its views on the death penalty, but never mentioning the fact that America has plenty of executions every year. I don't see them making a big deal out of that. Amnesty International has a big mouth and a self-righteous attitude to everything. To hell with that.
Ant.
Originally posted by U2Bama:
I don't agree with every campaign that Amnesty International takes on, but I am opposed to governments that incarcerate, torture or kill citizens for political or religious reasons. I know personally of a family from here in Burmingham who was incarcerated in China due to religious materials they had (Falun Gong). And as for their treatment of political dissidents, we need only to look back at the Tianenmen Square debacle of the late 80s. Those are examples of China going too far, if you ask me.
What are some other nations whose business you think AI needs to butt out of?
~U2Alabama