should we get rid of the human rights act?
819286
hope your not running for president.
620859
Looks like another "do my homework" question.\n\nInstead, I'll help you with your research. Unfortunately, you left out the part about WHICH human rights act. However, since you mention European, I'm going to guess EU. \n\nHere's a place you might start: http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/issues/human-rights-act.shtml
795176
In the last 4 months there have been 6 murders in less than a mile of were i live,a shooting ,stabbing ,throat slashing ,hit and run and a man beaten to death by a gang of teenagers walking home with his wife from the pub to name some...and I live in what used to be classed as a good area????so when you ask is our government tough on crime my answer would have to be No! I really fear for my children's future and would leave the UK without a second thought had i the money to do so.It makes me so sad that this country is ruled by people who are scared of doing the right thing because it might offend someone or infringe on human rights.Its time to put the law abiding honest hardworking overtaxed population first -please please please stop all this madness now !
925753
I agree.  The government has gotten too big and intrusive.  They have manipulated many into thinking that questioning the government is "unamerican."  \n\nTaking away the right of habeus corpus goes against centuries of democratic law.  The absolute worst argument in support of removing our privacy rights is that if you have nothing to hide, you shouldn't care.  This makes no sense.  Many innocent conversations and behaviors can be taken out of context and subhect an innocent person to a trial.   Anyone that has ever been falsely accused of a crime can tell you how hard it is to prove that you are innocent.  \n\nHopefully, we are going to see a backlash against this and a return of the power to the people.
858934
British businessman, it will do a lot for their political and economic profile - so with their record on human rights they should not have been given it. They are a worse nation than South Africa were when boycotted and giving the olympics to them is very wrong it shows a very poor memory from the world on how China treats its people.
139185
The nation is so polarzied that we can't debate we can only fight! I think that it should be called the Unpatriot Act. It gives the goverment to much power to snoop on people. There needs to be a way to protect America without impinging on others rights and freedoms.
1122085
If you are referring in general terms, the states have been formed under the power of the few. The masses, progressively got power and requested laws and regulations protecting them. Thus, Human Rights Act have risen around the globe.\nIn the case of the USA, early in the foundation of the USA, they understood the need of forming and supporting This act, in order to secure and guarantee the rights of all the people, just in case some group would get superpowers. Of course, this did not stop some groups to proceed in wrong acts (a day like today is when McCarthyism executed the Rosembergs, an act the later the judicial system admitted its severe mistake!)
617937
I don't think we need MORE civil rights.  We simply need more clarity about what our rights really are.  The problems we see today are a result of a very cloudy view that most people have over what are rights and what are merely desires.  \n\nImmigrants, for example, do not have a right to citizenship.  I respect their desire for citizenship, but this is not something they can demand.  We need to go back and rethink what it means to have rights.  Until we do that, it all becomes a big power struggle over who gets what they want.\n\nLiberty for all!
679064
Not a chance. Look at that country's history. They're need the threat of nuclear weapons as a bargaining chip so they can continue to squelch human rights.
892445
The United Nations' Universal declaration of Human rights contains that passage.\nhttp://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
133942
I am going to leave this question open ended.  I was going to say that what makes this country so great is that it enables us the ability to speak up and tell our elected officials what is wrong and that something needs to be fixed.  However I can see a minor encroachment on our civil liberties when it comes to our National Security.  I do not believe that any of our rights should be take away, but I believe that we live in different times now.  It is sort of an unfortunate thing.
370171
Of course.\n I think it is a terrible idea to trade off civil rights for an ILLUSION of security... no one in this country is even a tiny bit safer than we were before the so called Patriot Act, just more fearful.\n\nBesides that, if we surrender our freedom in an effort to thwart terrorists, they win without even trying.
815471
you are right its the equal rights amendment to our constution and yes we do still need it. just look ate the minum wage and how long its been since it was adjusted. if the era is cancelled do you think women will get a fair deal in the working enviorment??i don't think so myself.
738741
You just cannot win in this country can you?\nOne minute they are asking us to protect and look after our wildlife then,they fine you for doing so.\nI think the sooner this Labour Government is removed the better we will all be.\nThey have brought in so many laws even those that enforce them have a problem.
555340
Nope.  When you decide to take a life you give up any human rights.  Read the Book of Instructions.  It's one of the Ten Basic Rules for living.\n\nRape...just cut off the parts that performed the task and throw him in a cell with Bubba who hasn't seen a female in years.
915525
Absouletly. IT should be repealed ASAP. It destorys habeus corpeus and violates the civil rights of the american people. IT also redefines the geneva convention for the united states to interept at their own will. It sets the road for a military dicatorship in the united states, in the form of a facist police state using federal agencies like the department of homeland security as a front.  It clearly violates the united states constitution and puts our country in a hardline stance that violates everything that we stand for. It also gives the ability for them to classify american citizens as enemy combantants, and allows for them to be punished without trial or jury.
806544
It's an interesting subject you bring up. But first, let's organize our thoughts.\n\nLet's separate the topics of existing LEGAL rights/special benefits for minorities and  Civil Associations/Groups/Unions that fight for the rights of minorities.\n\nAs for the associations, I don't think anyone has the right to stop them from fighting for equality (or shut them up) I don't see why it should concern anybody else.\n\nAs to the legislation that favors minorities/racial groups, perhaps it IS time to re-evaluate if they are still a necessity. But this is something that needs to be done WITH FACTS IN HAND. Not with "hunches" or "feelings".\n\n\nIn any case, you can't expect an overnight change on the effects of DECADES of discrimination against minorities.