ABC Portray's One of World's Worst Dictatorships as Paradise

[aquapub]

Sunday, 2-11-07. Parade Magazine ranks Syria as the world's 10th worst dictatorship.

But on 2-8-07, ABC was portraying Syria as some sort of paradise, much the way liberals portray Castro's Cuba as a paradise, even though it is a poverty-stricken nation with a broken economy and an egregious human rights record.

Excerpt:

"No. Actually what I wanted to say is that you have, in Syria, many religions living together. I'm Christian for example. And I've never asked any of my friends, 'What is your religion?"

THALA KHAIR (FOUNDED SYRIAN PRIVATE SCHOOL)

I, as a Muslim, pray five times a day. When, but I've been every single Christmas to the church with my friends. So it just shows what we truly are.

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS)

(Voiceover) What do they think of American women? They say we have so many opportunities, yet they'd give us something from Syria, safety on the streets, family to help with children, and the government helping, too.

BOUTHAINA SHAABAN (TOP RANKING FEMALE IN PRESIDENT'S CABINET)

They could be a lot better, family and professionally wise in making family life in balance with the profession. I feel the US, as a very rich and strong country, could have offered a lot more for working women."

The MRC alerted me to this, but it's only the tip of the iceburg. I urge you to pull up the full transcript. It is one giant, nauseating propaganda piece for Syria.

 

[ashurbanipal]

Why do you believe Parade Magazine is right and ABC wrong?

 

[aquapub]

Why do you believe Parade Magazine is right and ABC wrong?

Parade Magazine's assessment is consistent with the facts...

"A state of emergency has been in effect since 1963. Since then, security forces have committed human rights abuses including arbitrary arrest and detention, prolonged detention without trial, unfair trials in the security courts, and infringement on privacy rights. Amnesty International estimates around 600 political prisoners remain.

Prison conditions do not meet international standards for health and sanitation. The regime restricts freedom of speech, press, assembly, association, and political opposition. According to Arab Press Freedom Watch, the current government has a poor record on freedom of expression.

In 2005, the Freedom House rated political rights in Syria as "7" (1 representing the most free and 7 the least free rating), civil liberties as "7" and gave it the freedom rating of "Not Free". [3]"

Syria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Alien Traveler]

Sunday, 2-11-07. Parade Magazine ranks Syria as the world's 10th worst dictatorship.

But on 2-8-07, ABC was portraying Syria as some sort of paradise, much the way liberals portray Castro's Cuba as a paradise

Heaven by definition is extremely totalitarian, but it is still Heaven, isn’t it?

 

[aquapub]

Heaven by definition is extremely totalitarian, but it is still Heaven, isn’t it?

If being thrown in jail or even executed for disagreeing with any trivial thing castro says, living in extreme poverty, and having no rights is how you see Heaven, I would like to see what bible you're reading.

 

[Alien Traveler]

If being thrown in jail or even executed for disagreeing with any trivial thing castro says, living in extreme poverty, and having no rights is how you see Heaven, I would like to see what bible you're reading.

So, Castro is a primary evil to you.
OK. Let’s talk about Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani.

 

[Kandahar]

"No. Actually what I wanted to say is that you have, in Syria, many religions living together. I'm Christian for example. And I've never asked any of my friends, 'What is your religion?"

THALA KHAIR (FOUNDED SYRIAN PRIVATE SCHOOL)

I, as a Muslim, pray five times a day. When, but I've been every single Christmas to the church with my friends. So it just shows what we truly are.

Well, all of the above is true of Syria. It most definitely is a multireligious, multicultural society. That hardly means it's "paradise."

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS)

(Voiceover) What do they think of American women? They say we have so many opportunities, yet they'd give us something from Syria, safety on the streets, family to help with children, and the government helping, too.

BOUTHAINA SHAABAN (TOP RANKING FEMALE IN PRESIDENT'S CABINET)

They could be a lot better, family and professionally wise in making family life in balance with the profession. I feel the US, as a very rich and strong country, could have offered a lot more for working women."

That's what they're saying. That doesn't mean that they're right or wrong.

The MRC alerted me to this, but it's only the tip of the iceburg. I urge you to pull up the full transcript. It is one giant, nauseating propaganda piece for Syria.

God forbid ABC try to inform people about what other countries are like. But in your mind, Syria = Pure Evil, and any minor diversion from that in-depth analysis is just "nauseating propaganda." Go back to watching coverage of Anna Nicole Smith.

 

[Kandahar]

If being thrown in jail or even executed for disagreeing with any trivial thing castro says, living in extreme poverty, and having no rights is how you see Heaven, I would like to see what bible you're reading.

Heh, well can't you be thrown out of heaven for disagreeing with any trivial thing your god says?

As for poverty...well, if you actually followed the Bible you would know that your god PREFERS poverty. Jesus says something like "It's harder for a rich man to get into heaven than to pass through the eye of a needle."

And as for rights...well, see my first point again. **** the Bible, I'll take the 72 virgins. :lol:

 

[aquapub]

1) Heh, well can't you be thrown out of heaven for disagreeing with any trivial thing your god says?

2) As for poverty...well, if you actually followed the Bible you would know that your god PREFERS poverty. Jesus says something like "It's harder for a rich man to get into heaven than to pass through the eye of a needle."

3) And as for rights...well, see my first point again. **** the Bible, I'll take the 72 virgins. :lol:

1) And being punished for defying God's decrees about what is morally acceptable is not the same thing as being thrown in jail for questioning something Castro did.

2) The Bible tells people that the spiritually righteous don't care about wealth. That is not the same as Castro plundering his people into extreme poverty out of greed. Nice logic though. :lol:

3) Castro violates people's basic human rights out of greed. I don't know what rights you think the Bible or God violate, but I'm sure your thinking on it is as egregiously flawed as in points 1 and 2.

 

[aquapub]

God forbid ABC try to inform people about what other countries are like. But in your mind, Syria = Pure Evil, and any minor diversion from that in-depth analysis is just "nauseating propaganda." Go back to watching coverage of Anna Nicole Smith.

No. God forbid ABC misrepresent an oppressive, brutal dictatorship as being a paradise.

Please, calm down and ditch the lame straw man crap. This isn't rocket science.

 

[aquapub]

So, Castro is a primary evil to you.
OK. Let’s talk about Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani.

The first Muslim leader to give women the right to vote? What about him?

 

[Kandahar]

No. God forbid ABC misrepresent an oppressive, brutal dictatorship as being a paradise.

Please, calm down and ditch the lame straw man crap. This isn't rocket science.

Oppressive, brutal dictatorships can be multicultural societies too. Oppressive, brutal dictatorships may have policies toward motherhood that women there are satisfied with.

Have you ever even been outside the United States? Going to Toronto doesn't count.

 

[Alien Traveler]

The first Muslim leader to give women the right to vote? What about him?

He is a dictator.
Did you forget what we are talking about?

 

[aquapub]

1) Have you ever even been outside the United States? Going to Toronto doesn't count.

2) Oppressive, brutal dictatorships can be multicultural societies too. Oppressive, brutal dictatorships may have policies toward motherhood that women there are satisfied with.

1) Europe, but it's irrelevant anyway. I'm not a liberal so I don't have to be physically walked through every place and situation in order to understand it.

2) I rest my case.

:lol:

I'm going to mark this post for the next time you lash out about conservatives claiming that they side with freedom while liberals routinely defend brutal dictators with egregious human rights records.

 

[aquapub]

He is a dictator.
Did you forget what we are talking about?

We were talking about Castro, and you brought up this guy with no mention as to why. So I decided to bring up his record on women's rights with no mention as to why.

If you have a point make it. I'm all ears.

 

[Kandahar]

1) Europe, but it's irrelevant anyway. I'm not a liberal so I don't have to be physically walked through every place and situation in order to understand it.

Seeing some of the word would certainly improve your understanding of the world.

I'm going to mark this post for the next time you lash out about conservatives claiming that they side with freedom while liberals routinely defend brutal dictators with egregious human rights records.

Do you deny that some brutal dictatorships occasionally spend money on things other than war and torture, and do you deny that some average citizens are occasionally satisfied with those systems?

 

[aquapub]

Seeing some of the word would certainly improve your understanding of the world.

You learning how to actually refute points instead of re-assuring people that you're right would certainly improve your debating abilities.

:roll:

 

[aquapub]

Do you deny that some brutal dictatorships occasionally spend money on things other than war and torture, and do you deny that some average citizens are occasionally satisfied with those systems?

The 1% of the people who benefit form everyone else's oppression love the systems (kind of like how the Sunnis loved Saddam's Iraq, while the Kurds and Shiites got genocide), and yes, brutal dictatorships often spend money on things other than war and torture...and that still doesn't make it ok to misrepresent fascist toilets as paradises.

 

[desertfox]

The 1% of the people who benefit form everyone else's oppression love the systems (kind of like how the Sunnis loved Saddam's Iraq, while the Kurds and Shiites got genocide), and yes, brutal dictatorships often spend money on things other than war and torture...and that still doesn't make it ok to misrepresent fascist toilets as paradises.

Can u show me where it called them a paradise. Saying they have religous freedom doesnt mean there a paradise. They do these stupid human intrest crap all the time just deal with it. Better than hearing about Anna

 

[Hatuey]

Aquapub...you been to Cuba lately? I have. It's actually pretty nice. Aside from the fact that you can't find a MacDonalds anywhere it's a pretty nice environment to be in. Not even saying it as a liberal but as somebody who's been there and met real Cubans. Not somebody who reads about them and thinks they are living in a Caribean North Korea. As for Syria well I dont know bout that.