Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Putting the Dick in vice-president

I just read this from Mblog.

The main point
Vice President Dick Cheney said the following on Larry King Live this evening of Amnesty’s recent report on US human rights abuses:

"For Amnesty International to suggest that somehow the United States is a violator of human rights, I frankly just don't take them seriously.”

The clever counterpoint
The response to Cheney’s comments by Amnesty USA’s William Schulz was:

"It doesn't matter whether he takes Amnesty International seriously. He doesn't take torture seriously; he doesn't take the Geneva Convention seriously; he doesn't take due process rights seriously; and he doesn't take international law seriously. And that is more important than whether he takes Amnesty International seriously."

1 Comments:

Blogger Cosd said...

Indeed... in following this, and other stories, I'm beginning to wonder if the whole world is going downhill, or if I'm just better-informed than I used to be. What's that old saying about ignorance?

9:38 PM  

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