Caught at the End of a Loaded Gun: A Choice

[arthra]

Hypothetical situation not so hypothetical for others..

The hypothertical situation is "hypothetical" for most of us and that's very comfortable but in some parts of the world it's not so hypothetical. It reminds me too much of what Baha'is in Iran have dealt with over the past several years or so. Baha'is are not permitted to lie about their Faith or use what is called "Taqiyyih"...or dissimulation, lying about ones religion to save your life. Given this situation Baha'is have either been imprisoned or summarily executed in Iran under very similar situations where they were called upon to renounce their Faith.

- Art

 

[Quahom1]

Re: Hypothetical situation not so hypothetical for others..

The hypothertical situation is "hypothetical" for most of us and that's very comfortable but in some parts of the world it's not so hypothetical. It reminds me too much of what Baha'is in Iran have dealt with over the past several years or so. Baha'is are not permitted to lie about their Faith or use what is called "Taqiyyih"...or dissimulation, lying about ones religion to save your life. Given this situation Baha'is have either been imprisoned or summarily executed in Iran under very similar situations where they were called upon to renounce their Faith.

- Art

True, but then Dauer could have just as easily been talking about the Spanish inquisition...or Vietnam circa 1976, or China today.


There is no cornering the market on this kind of mindset...

v/r
Joshua

 

[arthra]

Things we should know about:

True, but then Dauer could have just as easily been talking about the Spanish inquisition...or Vietnam circa 1976, or China today.


There is no cornering the market on this kind of mindset...

v/r
Joshua

I'm sure you're right about "no cornering the market" on people being persecuted... That's why I think it's important to share what we know about these things and not just throw up our hands and say.."Oh it's happening everywhere" and let's be despairing about human nature.

The more we know about these things and the information gets around the better. Part of the incidious aspects I think of the Halocaust is that people claimed they didn't know about it... Well maybe some people didn't know about it but there were those who knew about what was going on who chose to button their lips and pass over it too.. and today when most of the people who survived have died and passed on from this world, guess what? There are those who actively deny it ever happened! There is a revisionist history or the rewriting of history..

I've noticed that the very people who participate or collude in persecution will be only to ready to throw up examples of persecutiuons and rights violations in other countries to smoke screen their own complicity even it be only emotional in nature.

Amnesty International is probably one of the best organizations that draws attention to what's going on...

Amnesty International - Working To Protect Human Rights Worldwide

The U.S. State Department also provides regular reports but of course being a governmental body some will discount it...but I find it's reports are pretty thorough and usually accurate.

State Department Releases 2005 Human Rights Country Reports

Human Rights Watch:

U.S. State Department 2004 Human Rights Reports (Human Rights Watch, 18-3-2005)

- Art