Amnesty International And The Silly Little Poll
While perusing the Drudge Report tonight, I caught a link for Amnesty International. It was about a poll they were conducting on their website.
Here's a screencap of the webpage:
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Yes, as you can see, I voted for Hobgoblin. He led the poll with 48% followed by Darth Vader at 36% and then Dick Cheney at 16%.
No matter who you vote for, you get the following message:
All joking aside, the U.S. government, once perceived as a beacon of hope and justice, no longer leads the world on human rights.
The continuing allegations of U.S. torture, use of secret prisons, ghost detainees, and indefinite and unconstitutional detention at Guantanamo calls into question the U.S. commitment to fight torture and adhere to international law. The U.S. now lacks the credibility needed to improve human rights abroad.
By violating some international laws, the United States undermines all international law and promotes the idea to other countries that some laws are acceptable to ignore in the pursuit of "security."
I sent Amnesty International this email after I saw this poll:
After finding your poll linked at Drudge Report, "Whose got the worst human rights record". I am now convinced that your useless little organization has no interest in REAL human rights violations. With the options of the Hobgoblin, Darth Vader, or Dick Cheney, it's obvious you have an agenda besides human rights violations. Your stupid poll didn't include anything about Darfur, where thousands of Christians have been slaughtered. Nor does it mention almost all the Middle-Eastern countries and the abuses of women and killing of innocents by using them as human shields. To name of few of those, Fatah, Hamas, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, etc., all of which receive monies from state sponsors of terrorism (Iran, Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the Palestinian territory).
At least it makes me happy to see "The Hobgoblin" has the worst human rights record with 48% (which I voted for), followed by Darth Vader with 36%.
You can email Amnesty International here: aimember@aiusa.org. Feel free to copy and paste the above email if you wish.
