Bush Calls Freedom from Torture "Inalienable Human Right"

[dogday]

President says U.S. committed to expanding democracy, freedom worldwide

In remarks commemorating United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture June 26, President Bush says freedom from torture is "an inalienable human right."

In a statement released by the White House the same day, Bush said the United States "is committed to building a world where human rights are respected and protected by the rule of law." He added that the United States is working to expand democracy worldwide and "will help others find their own voice, attain their own freedom, and make their own way."

The president acknowledged that many people throughout the world are "stand up for their right to freedom," but said that too many are "paying a terrible price for their brave acts of dissent" by being "detained, arrested, thrown in prison, and subjected to torture by regimes that fail to understand that their habits of control will not serve them well in the long-term."

http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=June&x=20050626155951521elootom0.6794702&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html

[bullimiami]

1. i guess he is an alien then...non human that is.

because he sure has tortured and murdered aplenty in his short 5 years.

[Roland99]

2. Unless he's the one inflicting the torture. Then it's ok.

[Richardo]

3. Torture = only when it's major organ failure or death, right?

Just checking with the AG here.

Thanks, you bastion of Christian values, you. :eyes: :thumbsup:

[indepat]

4. It would seem some are not in the business of dispensing inalienable

human rights.

[Politicub]

5. Newspeak lives

Orwell was prescient

[Meeker Morgan]

11. It's not newspeak, just ordinary lying. n/t

[UTUSN]

6. Things Formerly Thought to Be "Inalienable"

* Sovereignty for countries

* Honest elections

[Spazito]

7. Seeing as bush and his cabal don't think Iraqis and Afghanis

are human this right does not apply. Given his constant state of delusion, I would not be surprised if he really believes it.

[havocmom]

8. they need to up his Ritalin dosage

da boy ain't payin' attention

edit: typo

[Beetwasher]

9. They've Got ORWELLING Down to a Science These Days

n/t

[Jacobin]

10. It's amazing, isn't it?

I have no words left to describe these mendacious sycophants.