Nov 22, 2010 9:10 PM GMT
Should We Help People That Want Us Dead?
This is a tough one...when people are in trouble...you want to help them...right...
But then when you learn that they would like to kill you or that they want their government to kill you because you are gay...well.....it makes me take a step back.
[QUOTE]
In favor of the amendment to remove sexual orientation from the resolution on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (79):
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Brunei Dar-Sala, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, China, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
[/QUOTE]
http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/pressroom/pressrelease/1257.html
Haiti death toll rises to 1,344
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/11/22/haiti.cholera.alert/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn
I guess the right thing to do would be to continue to help them....right?
This is a tough one...when people are in trouble...you want to help them...right...
But then when you learn that they would like to kill you or that they want their government to kill you because you are gay...well.....it makes me take a step back.
[QUOTE]
In favor of the amendment to remove sexual orientation from the resolution on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (79):
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Brunei Dar-Sala, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, China, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
[/QUOTE]
http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/pressroom/pressrelease/1257.html
Haiti death toll rises to 1,344
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/11/22/haiti.cholera.alert/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn
I guess the right thing to do would be to continue to help them....right?