Posted by
BECOLBY on Saturday, March 28, 2009 11:16:43 PM
Last Thursday, the United Nation’s Commission on Human Rights signed a new resolution pronouncing the defamation of a religion as a human rights violation.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE52P60220090326
So now bad mouthing a religion is equitable to torture. Is there no end to the stupidity?
Let’s look at several aspects of this new resolution.
First, it is a UN resolution and holds no authority over anyone or any country, it is just hot air.
Second, it makes anti-Jewish rhetoric bad, but says nothing about anti-Semitic rhetoric. Of course one chooses to be Jewish, as it is a religion. One does not choose to be Semitic as it is an ethnicity.
Third, most of the thinking world, understands that this resolution will not be pursued in the Middle-Eastern Islamic nations, to end the steady stream of anti-Jewish and generally anti-“anything that is not fundamentalist Muslim” diatribe emanating from these governments. It will be used to attack Israel, Christianity, and anyone protesting the extremist views and behaviors exhibited by a large number of Muslims, and also views and behaviors condoned through lack of protest by the majority of Middle-Eastern Muslims. Don’t forget, this is the same commission that was once chaired by Libya.
Oh oh! Was that a knock on the door? Have the UN police found me already?
UPDATE: 4/4/09
Now President Obama has OK'd for the US to ask for a seat on this commission. Our being a part of this parody will not change the outcome if its findings and will just add legitimacy to the commission. Great.