[Mike AI]

CJ there are some basic HUMAN RIGHTS. Which include freedom of speech, freedom of movement, freedom to not be murdered, property rights, etc... etc...

There are some cultures that do NOT hold this rights to the same degree as western nations - ironicly these cultures that do NOT have these rights are the "hot spots" in the world. The spead of basic human rights and freedom has expanded with globalization.

I do not think like you CJ, I think there are basic human rights that all people deserve - no matter what their culture, their religion, age, region or anything else.

I am so the people who have been opressed and murder by regimes like Saddam Husseuin will thank your understanding and support of Saddams Culture.

To say that all cultures are equal on all issues is WRONG, and morally bankrupt. People deserve to enjoy the basic freedoms of Human Rights.


To say all cultures are equal no matter what is wrong. If that was the case we should still encourgae slavery since it was part of the culture in many societies around the world. Maybe we should also take the right of women to vote here in the US, since this is pretty recent that they could vote. I could go on and on.... but I doubt you will change you mind....

The way I feel is while I think everyone deserves these basic human rights, I do not think the US should force them onto other people through military intervention. It is only when these cultures become THREATS to us that we need to go in and intervene militarily.... like we are doing in Iraq. But while we are there, we might as well try to fix things, and setup a fresh culture where good squads do not pull people from their houses and kill them for speaking up against the regime, a culture where the gov't does not gas their own people.