Ye gawds! Going from the ridiculous to the sublime. All we need do is accept as a truism that if you act against the human rights of others, you have voluntarily denounced your own.
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
Ye gawds! Going from the ridiculous to the sublime. All we need do is accept as a truism that if you act against the human rights of others, you have voluntarily denounced your own.
Careful with that "Human Rights" issue it has far wider complexity.
This is not just a terrorist issue, let us take the Indian history of religious intolerance further. The Hindus and the Muslims do not like each other. The Sikhs are not innocent either.
Maybe Daveb but have you noticed that it is always the so called leaders that are screaming the loudest - not just religious leaders but political ones as well. Most ordinary people just want to get on with their lives.
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
India shows us the way!
Posted - 24/06/2007 : 16:13:30
