middleagedgamer
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The United States can sometimes be seen as a scale version of the entire world. Every state is different; every state has its own government and its own laws, largely independent from other states.
So, I will use this "scale" theory when comparing Texas to China. Basically, when it comes to human rights (or, lack thereof), Texas is to the United States what China is to the entire world.
Both have the highest flat number of death penalties, and the second highest per capita death penalties, of their respective scales. Only Singapore has more per capita executions than China, on a national scale, and only Oklahoma has more per capita executions than Texas, on a state scale. For proof of this statistic, click here
It was Texas who's flag-burning laws were struck down as unconstitutional, showing that Texas has little respect for freedom of speech... kinda like China. Both have constitutions that are SUPPOSED to guarantee the right to free speech, but Texas wanted to ban flag burning (symbolic speech), and China uses the "subversion of state power" statute to criminalize those who criticize the government.
It was Texas - not Alabama, not Georgia, not Mississippi, not Louisiana, not Arkansas, but Texas - who's laws were struck down as unconstitutional, prohibiting abortion and homosexual conduct, even in the privacy of one's own home. This proves that, like China, Texas has very little respect for privacy rights.
Texas is one of the few states that has not enacted any state employment discrimination laws. They are one of only six states that does not recognize public policy - and only one of thirteen states that does not recognize implied contract - as an exception to at-will employment. Here is proof of that. This seems awfully similar to China's sweatshop factors.
In Texas criminal law, a trial by ambush is legal. The law is supposed to require the prosecutor to turn over, to the defendant and his counsel, all evidence that can be useful in getting an acquittal. However, in Texas, only the prosecutor gets to decide what evidence meets that standard. Here is proof. Hmmm, kinda sounds like China!
So, there you have it. Stats, along with citations, that Texas has about the human rights abuse record of China. The only problem is, with Texas, we have the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and tell them no; China has no such higher power.
So, I will use this "scale" theory when comparing Texas to China. Basically, when it comes to human rights (or, lack thereof), Texas is to the United States what China is to the entire world.
Both have the highest flat number of death penalties, and the second highest per capita death penalties, of their respective scales. Only Singapore has more per capita executions than China, on a national scale, and only Oklahoma has more per capita executions than Texas, on a state scale. For proof of this statistic, click here
It was Texas who's flag-burning laws were struck down as unconstitutional, showing that Texas has little respect for freedom of speech... kinda like China. Both have constitutions that are SUPPOSED to guarantee the right to free speech, but Texas wanted to ban flag burning (symbolic speech), and China uses the "subversion of state power" statute to criminalize those who criticize the government.
It was Texas - not Alabama, not Georgia, not Mississippi, not Louisiana, not Arkansas, but Texas - who's laws were struck down as unconstitutional, prohibiting abortion and homosexual conduct, even in the privacy of one's own home. This proves that, like China, Texas has very little respect for privacy rights.
Texas is one of the few states that has not enacted any state employment discrimination laws. They are one of only six states that does not recognize public policy - and only one of thirteen states that does not recognize implied contract - as an exception to at-will employment. Here is proof of that. This seems awfully similar to China's sweatshop factors.
In Texas criminal law, a trial by ambush is legal. The law is supposed to require the prosecutor to turn over, to the defendant and his counsel, all evidence that can be useful in getting an acquittal. However, in Texas, only the prosecutor gets to decide what evidence meets that standard. Here is proof. Hmmm, kinda sounds like China!
So, there you have it. Stats, along with citations, that Texas has about the human rights abuse record of China. The only problem is, with Texas, we have the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and tell them no; China has no such higher power.