Thread: Irreconcilable differences between cultures

Originally Posted by Laughing Man

Well first, it's none of the U.S. business what Uganda does so long as it doesn't coerce our "citizens." We have enough problems with our government trying to run our lives and minimizing its power in our sphere of life that individuals who are against the state should not support situations which would cause expansion of the power into new areas. Economic sanctions would only hurt the Ugandan people. Don't even get me started on military intervention.

I don't support military intervention in the slightest. The US most definitely has problems but such severe violations of human right should not be tolerated. I respect that Uganda is a sovereign nation and we have no business interfering with their government but we are sending them a message that this bill will not be tolerated by most of the worlds nations and there is talk of economic sanctions.

This is an extremely sticky issue, I grant that. We would be pissed if some other country told us we were not running our country right and tried to interfere in our decision making process but the US does not commit these kinds of despicable violation of human rights that are in question. The right to love whomever you choose is not a gay right, it is a human right. We are living in a different time now, dictators who treat their people like shit will not be tolerated and hopefully will soon be a thing of the past. Its funny because a year ago I would have hated someone like me right now.

Like I said this is a sticky situation and there are no easy answers but I have made a conviction and will stick by it. I do not think that this bill will be passed and hopefully it will spread a message to other would be dictators out there. I realized just now that I am not an anarchist anymore, I cant believe Im arguing for America