What human rights issue gets you mad, and why?

Answer 1

The abolishment of the writ of Habeas corpus and the apparent apathy due to either ignorance or indifference by the American people who don’t seem to understand the serious ramifications of this action as related to their personal freedoms and rights.

Answer 2

"Honor killings" as what has been happening in ever increasing numbers. Also, the issue of human traffiking. Both of which happen disproportionately to women and girls.

These are human rights issues that I wish the US Government and the UN would put more to the forefront...and that our media would pay more attention to that than all the antics of the "A" list in Hollywood. I find it unconscionable that both the LA Times and NYT cover Paris Hilton excessively but they completely ignored the honor killings that took place in the past two years in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Britain and Canada. The first one where a 17 y/o Iraqi girl was stoned to death was actually captured on CELL PHONES and transmitted around the world as an "amusement." Sickening!

Answer 3

Forcing children to do anything they wouldn't choose for themselves when they become adults.

This includes such things as:
Genital mutilation (of both sexes, you don't exactly see adult woman queuing up to get their clitoris removed).
Not vaccinating children (most children when they become adults would want to have been vaccinated instead of suffer a deadly disease like chickenpox).
Not giving children evidence based medicine (since most people would not choose quackery over what works).
Raising a child to be religious (those raised without a religion tend overwhelmingly not to become religious and even those raised within a religion often end up leaving it for no-religion so we can conclude that religious education is child abuse).
Not teaching a child modern science which includes the fact of evolution (a child should be able to get a job outside the Bush administration and most people who understand a scientific explanation accept and would want to have been taught it).
Allowing the use of pointless hitting to discipline a child (since someone who was disciplined without smacking would not wish to have been smacked in childhood).

The denial of humans rights by some people here (Chrissy, JJ) is also annoying (if a woman is going to have an abortion then she has a right for a safe abortion (and she'll have one whether it's allowed or not, in fact she'll be more likely to have an abortion if it's banned) and whilst a murderer doesn't deserve any rights innocent people accused of murder and accidentally convicted do).

Answer 4

The illegal alien thing because I think there should be equality and Justice for all. Fix the system to where they can all get processed but don't just let them all stay here and have all these benefits that they did not work for nor earn. If all people don't have to abide by the law the law is worthless.

I'm sure people (some) will not agree but truly, they will agree when the Social Security is not there for them in their retirement years because it's drained due to incredibly foolish decisions.

Answer 5

I'm sorry for coming of as something not so human but that was part of my development into the machine I have become. I do not get mad over the decisions in which people do not choose to fight, it is their free will they choose to deny. If you wish to remain slave, to programs of thought and actions than you have no sense to complain. It is those who fight the system in which are not compliant, but the system usually punishes those who stand up against the higher power. No human rights issues gets me mad, because the decision is and will always be up to the people who live in the rules that they apply to themselves. May your spirit grow strong in the world.

Answer 6

I agree with Vicarious Cynic. All steps we've taken forward socially have been to eliminate the ridiculous belief that people of a certain class/race/gender/religion/age deserve special treatment and all others should be left nothing. It's sickening.

Answer 7

Crime and punishment and the protection of convicted murders. In my opinion if you murder someone then you've waived your human rights by performing that act. The death penalty is too easy for that, only torture would work.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

Answer 8

Child Prostitution. The reasons are obvious.

Answer 9

Any religious opt-outs from human rights civil equality legislation.

Answer 10

We share a common humanity. Any effort to limit this based on race, gender, sexuality or socio-economics is BS.