They cant believe this - We treat animals better than this.
What is worse is what it will do to our credibility overseas when we talk about freedom and human rights.
This is horrible.
The World's Superpower and Champion of Human Rights around the globe is starving and dehydrating a disabled woman to death and underage children who bring her water are being handcuffed and arrested.
Does that sum it up? Did I miss anything?
So what if Indonesia or Thailand has 6 year olds working in factories - at least they dont starve and dehydrate their disabled citizens.
If China decides to put a bullet in the brain of all their retarded school children tomorrow, what can we say or do?
Next time we want to whine because Libya or Egypt is on the United Nations human rights council we better learn to bite our lip.
Anyway, there is your perspective from over here. I will try to get more on the local reaction later this morning and report on my blog about it.
Thanks for posting that from SE Asia. We are dumbfounded here, too. Reeling with disbelief. Aghast at the intransigence of the Law of the Land that would torture this poor woman. And arrest CHILDREN for taking her water. It is terrible. Do tell them it is the people who voted for Kerry who are wanting this.
The country is not. Black robed tyrants who disregard the Constitution are.
"We treat animals better than this. "
So do we. She is, however, an "expendable" human being, a "life unworthy to be lived", to quote Hitler himself. The culture of death will say a pig is a dog is a boy . . . but will kill the boy by starvation, but NOT the pig or dog.
Great point...so many fail to understand that there are ramifications here that go way beyond the issue of life and death.
LOL! It won't affect our credibility very much. Other countries haven't been taking us seriously in regards to freedom and human rights for awhile. Besides, I thought the opinion of others didn't matter. Don't be such a multilateralist. Do you think we need the permission of countries like France in order to kill an innocent person?
Good. Thanks for sharing that. I am so glad to read that the world is watching and some of them are horrified.