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OT: Human Rights Framework 2-May-2010 At 9:40:11 AM porkpie

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I find it funny that Hendo the Asian disliker lives in an enclave with 90% asians and Wendy the opened minded one lives in the middle of white Australia. I live in an area where the white trash and dodgy migrants are 50/50. I don't dislike any group more than any other (that's a lie if I am honest because I don't like religious nutbags of any denomination)

Human rights come second to political agenda. There is no real intervention in Darfur, there was no international effort to stop genocide in Rwanda, there is no invasion of Zimbabwe by the US/Aus/UK to uphold human rights. Don't get me started on the Chinese occupation of Tibet. But we cared about human rights in Iraq and Afghanistan? - oh no there was a political agenda there unlike Rwanda, Sudan or Zimbabwe. On the other hand we turn a blind eye to China's invasion of Tibet because they buy our resources. Human rights is just another important issue bastardised by politians.

With regards to discrimination I am against it. But we need to start from now and not the 1930s. In my current profession the department is trying to correct the discrimination against women from 30 years ago. As a result the bosses are looking to ensure 50% of all enrolements this year are female, despite only about 15-20% of applicants being women. How do we justify 'righting' the past by discriminating on a new generation, try telling a 23 year old male sorry mate no job for you because your forefathers discriminated against one particular group 30 years ago.

Same goes with the intervention in the NT. The past policies have been a blight on our history but should not be used as leverage by communities to stop the intervention now. In the report 'the children are sacred' abuse and neglect where highlighted. We have a human rights obligation to address this but it will just become a political issue, no political party will make policy with the best interests of human rights if votes will be compromised.

Same goes with boat people. We interfere overseas (Human Rights you know i.e Afghanistan) then when those refugees arrive on fishing boats we seem to conveniently forget our Human Rights obligations. It is all political nonsense. Israel uses Phosphurous bombs - nevermind Human Rights don't want to upset the Jews and US. On and on and on........