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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-27-05 09:04 PM
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A critical look at ((Insert Country Here))...
http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/index-eng

You'd be surprised which countries have active problems on the list...

For shits-and-grins I looked up Sweden and Finland...

http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/Swe-summary-eng

http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/Fin-summary-eng
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ret5hd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-27-05 09:09 PM
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1. well, what do you expect...
EVERYONE knows that sweden and finland are socialist hell-holes, ripe for a capitalistic revolution to overthrow the king. Everyone knows that only u.s. style capitalism is even WORTHY of any inspection iof its merits.

(do i really need to look up how to make the sarcasm smilie?)
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-27-05 09:15 PM
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2. And to think I've been wasting my time with the Bush administration...
I see the light. I've been living in a fool's paradise...

Oh, and it's ": sarcasm :", only without the spaces. ;)
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-27-05 09:18 PM
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3. In all seriousness, you want a baddie , check out Haiti...
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-27-05 09:21 PM
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4. I say we declare war on the entire world!
Start a new agenda! War on everything! I'm heading out to dig some foxholes in the front yard! :crazy:
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-27-05 09:29 PM
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6. Yeah..well...I looked us up, and damn, we may be high on the list...
Edited on Sat Aug-27-05 09:33 PM by Junkdrawer
http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/Usa-summary-eng

Perhaps reform begins at home... :shrug:
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-27-05 09:32 PM
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7. No no, we can excuse dictatorship at home
but NOT in our Backyard! They just don't know what is good fer em!
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Mass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-27-05 09:28 PM
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5. US
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-27-05 09:43 PM
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8. LOL, love it!
:thumbsup:
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-27-05 09:46 PM
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9. Here's the summary for all of North and South America....
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wli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 12:31 AM
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10. the US writeup is a whitewash n/t
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