Comments on: Mission creep: Amnesty and abortion http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:24:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Thersites http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion#comment-1763 Thersites Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:45:39 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion#comment-1763 Precisely when does an egg and sperm, or their fusion, become human? Precisely when does an egg and sperm, or their fusion, become human?

]]> By: Christina Dunigan http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion#comment-1762 Christina Dunigan Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:02:22 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion#comment-1762 If AI is really about defending human rights, why in the world would they do it by deciding that some humans have no rights whatsoever? I agree with Indigo Jo: It's mission creep. We don't need another organization on the abortion advocacy bandwagon. If AI is really about defending human rights, why in the world would they do it by deciding that some humans have no rights whatsoever?

I agree with Indigo Jo: It’s mission creep. We don’t need another organization on the abortion advocacy bandwagon.

]]> By: Islam And The West Opinions Of A Kashmiri Nomad http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion#comment-1764 Islam And The West Opinions Of A Kashmiri Nomad Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:14:26 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion#comment-1764 <strong>Accelerated Linking</strong> Indigo Jo on Amnesty International and the issue of abortions. Accelerated Linking

Indigo Jo on Amnesty International and the issue of abortions.

]]> By: Thersites http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion#comment-1761 Thersites Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:20:11 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion#comment-1761 Amnesty International's purpose is to defend human rights anywhere and of any kind, not criticising specific governments, however repellent that governemt and its general behaviour may be. Amnesty International’s purpose is to defend human rights anywhere and of any kind, not criticising specific governments, however repellent that governemt and its general behaviour may be.

]]> By: Yunus Yakoub Islam http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion#comment-1760 Yunus Yakoub Islam Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:51:21 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion#comment-1760 Whether it's a decision based on human rights or not, it strikes me as a poorly timed one. AI are amongst the foremost critics of the Bush Imperium, and this will only see them more easily dismissed by the US Neocons and their friends. Whether it’s a decision based on human rights or not, it strikes me as a poorly timed one. AI are amongst the foremost critics of the Bush Imperium, and this will only see them more easily dismissed by the US Neocons and their friends.

]]> By: Umar Lee http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion#comment-1759 Umar Lee Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:20:02 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion#comment-1759 This was the problem with the anti-war movement in America. When you went to a rally people were holding anti-death penalty, independence for Puerto Rico, vegetarian, gay rights, and any other kind of a sign you could think of so people who wanted to support them were turned off and the anti-war movement did not know how to stick to one issue. This was the problem with the anti-war movement in America. When you went to a rally people were holding anti-death penalty, independence for Puerto Rico, vegetarian, gay rights, and any other kind of a sign you could think of so people who wanted to support them were turned off and the anti-war movement did not know how to stick to one issue.

]]> By: Thersites http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion#comment-1758 Thersites Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:32:12 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion#comment-1758 How is the Roman Catholic church goping to "withdraw support" from Amnesty International? In what way has it ever supported Amnesty International? How is the Roman Catholic church goping to “withdraw support” from Amnesty International? In what way has it ever supported Amnesty International?

]]> By: Sunny http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion#comment-1757 Sunny Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:23:14 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/08/22/mission_creep_amnesty_and_abortion#comment-1757 Read the AI stance fully before you say they're venturing into different areas Yusuf. Their concern, even in this area, is human rights. That is why I agree with them. Read the AI stance fully before you say they’re venturing into different areas Yusuf. Their concern, even in this area, is human rights. That is why I agree with them.

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