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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-10 03:49 PM
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11. A Sense Of Proportion is Helpful, Sir....
Under a right-wing elected president in Columbia, thousands are killed by government agencies, without even a pretext of guilt, let alone due process or trial.

Under a left wing elected president in Venezuela, a handful of political opponents, many of whom actually participated in a coup against the elected government, are harassed or arrested on various pretexts.

You express great outrage at the latter, and express irritation at a reminder of the former.

That would seem to be an adequate measure of your concern with human rights and liberty and decent behavior by a government towards its citizenry.
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