Showing posts with label prejudice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prejudice. Show all posts
Friday, November 08, 2013
Bill Against Prejudice on Gay Workers Passed
US Senate passes gay workers bill http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24860616
Saturday, May 25, 2013
BBC News - Bigotry against Jews and Muslims on the rise, says US
BBC News - Bigotry against Jews and Muslims on the rise, says US
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Saturday, October 02, 2010
Lethal Sex With The Mentally Handicapped - Welcome To Prejudiced America!
aNt's aNgle:
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| Lethal sex agents on a mission |
THIS LATEST REVELATION is another testament to prove that the US are not such good buddies as they would like us to think that they are after all.
Years ago, I learnt from a report on the Voice Of America (VOA) broadcast from Washington DC, that the Americans put radiation in cereals and fed them surreptitiously to the learning disabled just to learn how radiation affects the body.
This time is the horrendous discovery that patients suffering from mental health problems and prisoners - people regarded as human beings without much quality of life - were experimented on.
Prostitutes with syphilis infected by doctors were sent to copulate with the victims. All this just to find out whether penicillin could prevent syphilis and not just cure it.
The worst part is none of the victims who were being experimented on were told that they were being used as guinea pigs.
This is discrimination and prejudice towards people with disabilities in the highest degree that was practiced more than a half a century ago.
All in the name of "science" so that future health can be "improved."
What this really means is the creation of a perfect being - the science of eugenics where to final goal is the eradication of human beings that can't fit and "don't belong" in a current ablist (so-called perfect) society.
PET+BLOGSPOT
2 October 2010 Last updated at 02:14 GMT from BBC Online
President Barack Obama has apologised for the medical tests, in which mentally ill patients and prisoners were infected without their consent.
Mr Obama told Mr Colom the 1940s-era experiments ran contrary to American values, Guatemala said.
The US has promised an investigation.
US medical tests in Guatemala 'crime against humanity'
US testing that infected hundreds of Guatemalans with gonorrhoea and syphilis more than 60 years ago was a "crime against humanity", Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom has said.
President Barack Obama has apologised for the medical tests, in which mentally ill patients and prisoners were infected without their consent.
Mr Obama told Mr Colom the 1940s-era experiments ran contrary to American values, Guatemala said.
The US has promised an investigation.
'Shocking, tragic, reprehensible'
Evidence of the programme was unearthed by Prof Susan Reverby at Wellesley College. She says the Guatemalan government gave permission for the tests.
No offer of compensation has yet been made, but an investigation will be launched into the specifics of the study, which took place between 1946 and 1948.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Friday the news was "shocking, it's tragic, it's reprehensible".
"There's been a very strong reaction in the Guatemalan media and by my compatriots," he said.
"Of course, there may have been similar incidents in other countries around the world, but speaking as the president and a Guatemalan, I would have preferred that these events had never happened on this soil."
The joint statement from Mrs Clinton and Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said: "Although these events occurred more than 64 years ago, we are outraged that such reprehensible research could have occurred under the guise of public health.
"We deeply regret that it happened, and we apologise to all the individuals who were affected by such abhorrent research practices."
In his phone call to President Colom, Barack Obama reaffirmed the United States' unwavering commitment to ensure that all human medical studies conducted today meet exacting US and international legal and ethical standards, the White House.
President Obama also "underscored the United States' deep respect for the people of Guatemala and the importance of our bilateral relationship".
Syphilis can cause heart problems, blindness, mental illness and even death, and although the patients were treated it is not known how many recovered.
Evidence of the programme was unearthed by Prof Susan Reverby at Wellesley College. She says the Guatemalan government gave permission for the tests.
No offer of compensation has yet been made, but an investigation will be launched into the specifics of the study, which took place between 1946 and 1948.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Friday the news was "shocking, it's tragic, it's reprehensible".
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Professor Susan Reverby: ''They saw these subjects as soldiers in a war''
"There's been a very strong reaction in the Guatemalan media and by my compatriots," he said.
"Of course, there may have been similar incidents in other countries around the world, but speaking as the president and a Guatemalan, I would have preferred that these events had never happened on this soil."
The joint statement from Mrs Clinton and Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said: "Although these events occurred more than 64 years ago, we are outraged that such reprehensible research could have occurred under the guise of public health.
"We deeply regret that it happened, and we apologise to all the individuals who were affected by such abhorrent research practices."
In his phone call to President Colom, Barack Obama reaffirmed the United States' unwavering commitment to ensure that all human medical studies conducted today meet exacting US and international legal and ethical standards, the White House.
President Obama also "underscored the United States' deep respect for the people of Guatemala and the importance of our bilateral relationship".
Unaware
Syphilis can cause blindness, insanity and even death The study by Prof Reverby shows that US government medical researchers infected almost 700 people in
Guatemala with two sexually transmitted diseases.
The patients - prisoners and people suffering mental health problems - were unaware they were being experimented upon.
The doctors used prostitutes with syphilis to infect them, or inoculation, as they tried to determine whether penicillin could prevent syphilis, not just cure it.
The patients were then treated for the disease, but it is unclear whether everyone was cured.
Prof Reverby has previously done research on the Tuskegee experiment, where the US authorities measured the progress of syphilis in African-American sharecroppers without telling them they had the disease or adequately treating it.
The experiment ran from 1932 to 1972, with President Bill Clinton eventually apologising for it.
Syphilis can cause blindness, insanity and even death Guatemala with two sexually transmitted diseases.
The patients - prisoners and people suffering mental health problems - were unaware they were being experimented upon.
The doctors used prostitutes with syphilis to infect them, or inoculation, as they tried to determine whether penicillin could prevent syphilis, not just cure it.
The patients were then treated for the disease, but it is unclear whether everyone was cured.
Prof Reverby has previously done research on the Tuskegee experiment, where the US authorities measured the progress of syphilis in African-American sharecroppers without telling them they had the disease or adequately treating it.
The experiment ran from 1932 to 1972, with President Bill Clinton eventually apologising for it.
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
Will Holy Korans Be Burnt Today In Jones' Crackpot Mission?
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| Jones and his crackpot campaign |
aNt's aNgle:
All eyes are on a tiny and once insignificant church in Florida in the USA today that unexpectedly and quite outrageously shot to fame within only a few days when they declared that they would burn copies of the Koran this weekend.
They're doing this today to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attack in New York, they say.
The pastor of the church of around 50-members, Terry Jones, says the bonfire is another way to counter terrorism against America.
The preacher is clearly a nutcase. It is people like him - with the beliefs he stands for - that is a threat to world peace and harmony which ALL religions of the world preach and aspire for.
The story reminds me of the time when I was in San Francisco during the late eighties.
I was in another small church where communion was being served.
Just before the sacrament, the pastor announced - to my horror - that none of the congregation need worry about getting AIDS through the ceremony.
He said that was because the bread in the church were prepared and made by the members themselves "and not from sinners outside."
Needless to say, I never set my wheels in that church again.
Another American in San Diego was shocked when I mentioned the word "Hindu" to him.
"What's that?" he asked. He was totally shocked of the existence of any other religion outside Christianity.
Hey, let's not only blame America when it comes to fanaticism like this.
I've come across pockets of fundamental thinking like these too in Malaysia where believers think that Christianity is supreme when compared to other religions.
I suppose it is okay to think that way as a personal opinion and belief.
However, it is certainly NOT OKAY to spread the gospel of hate and intolerance amongst others.
Let's never forget Muslims also died in 9/11, along with believers from other faiths.
They also risked their lives by harboring Christians during the crusade era. That surely speaks of tremendous love and sacrifice from Muslims.
I'd love to know your thoughts on this subject if you care to share them.
Thanks!
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10 September 2010 Last updated at 11:49 GMT BBC ONLINE
Koran protests sweep Afghanistan
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Three people were shot when a protest near a Nato base in the north-east of the country turned violent.
President Hamid Karzai said the stunt had been an insult to Islam, while Indonesia's president said it threatened world peace.
Pastor Terry Jones told US breakfast TV he currently had no plans to do it.
Many of Friday's protests in Afghanistan were held after worshippers emerged from mosques, following Eid prayers marking the end of Ramadan.
Demonstrators burned a US flag and chanted "Death to Christians".
In Badakhshan's provincial capital Faizabad, 1,500 people took to the streets, the police chief told the BBC.
About 150 people took part in another protest in the city, throwing rocks and attempting to climb the walls of a Nato facility where German soldiers are based.
Demonstrations were reported, too, on Friday in the northern provinces of Baghlan, Kunduz and Balkh. Afghanistan has 34 provinces.
There have also been major rallies in Kabul over the past week.
Witnesses said the protesters voiced anger that the US government had not banned the Koran bonfire.
Mr Jones, pastor of the previously little-known Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, announced on Thursday that he was putting on hold his plan for an "International Burn a Koran Day".
In an Eid message, President Karzai said: "We have heard that in the US, a pastor has decided to insult Korans. Now although we have heard that they are not doing this, we tell them they should not even think of it.
"By burning the Koran, they cannot harm it. The Koran is in the hearts and minds of one-and-a-half billion people. Insulting the Koran is an insult to nations."
The president of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, warned in a nationally televised address on Friday that Mr Jones's plan threatened world peace.
In a speech marking the end of Ramadan, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said: "I'm of course aware of the reported cancellation of the deplorable act by Terry Jones. However, none of us can be complacent until such a despicable idea is totally extinguished."
On Thursday, Mr Jones told reporters he had spent days waiting for a sign from God to cancel his Koran burning.
But those behind the cultural centre denied that they had ever spoken to the Orlando-based imam or Mr Jones, who then accused the cleric of having lied.
Imam Muhammad Musri, from the Islamic Society of Central Florida, said he had only agreed to fly to New York with Mr Jones on Saturday and speak with the leaders of the Islamic centre project.
Mr Jones - whose plan has been widely condemned by religious and political leaders worldwide - was visited by the FBI a number of times on Thursday.
The top US general in Afghanistan, Gen David Petraeus, warned earlier this week that the lives of Americans serving abroad would be endangered if the Koran burning went ahead.
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President Karzai: "The Koran is in the hearts and minds of nearly 1,400 million Muslims"
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across Afghanistan over plans, now on hold, by a small Florida church to burn copies of the Koran.
Three people were shot when a protest near a Nato base in the north-east of the country turned violent.
President Hamid Karzai said the stunt had been an insult to Islam, while Indonesia's president said it threatened world peace.
Pastor Terry Jones told US breakfast TV he currently had no plans to do it.
President Barack Obama had warned it would be an al-Qaeda "recruitment bonanza", while Defence Secretary Robert Gates asked the pastor to cancel the protest.
Many of Friday's protests in Afghanistan were held after worshippers emerged from mosques, following Eid prayers marking the end of Ramadan.
Demonstrators burned a US flag and chanted "Death to Christians".
In Badakhshan's provincial capital Faizabad, 1,500 people took to the streets, the police chief told the BBC.
About 150 people took part in another protest in the city, throwing rocks and attempting to climb the walls of a Nato facility where German soldiers are based.
Private security guards opened fire wounding three people, said the police chief.
Rallies were also held in Nimruz's provincial capital Zaranj; the province of Kunar, in Khas Kunar district; Nangarhar province, in the Khewa district; and the Tagab district of Parwan province, just north of Kabul.Demonstrations were reported, too, on Friday in the northern provinces of Baghlan, Kunduz and Balkh. Afghanistan has 34 provinces.
There have also been major rallies in Kabul over the past week.
Witnesses said the protesters voiced anger that the US government had not banned the Koran bonfire.
Mr Jones, pastor of the previously little-known Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, announced on Thursday that he was putting on hold his plan for an "International Burn a Koran Day".
In an Eid message, President Karzai said: "We have heard that in the US, a pastor has decided to insult Korans. Now although we have heard that they are not doing this, we tell them they should not even think of it.
The president of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, warned in a nationally televised address on Friday that Mr Jones's plan threatened world peace.
In a speech marking the end of Ramadan, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said: "I'm of course aware of the reported cancellation of the deplorable act by Terry Jones. However, none of us can be complacent until such a despicable idea is totally extinguished."
On Thursday, Mr Jones told reporters he had spent days waiting for a sign from God to cancel his Koran burning.
Controversy timeline
- July Terry Jones announces his church in Gainesville, Florida, will stage International Burn a Koran Day. National Association of Evangelicals asks the church to call off the event
- 18 August Gainesville Fire Rescue denies Mr Jones a fire permit, saying the church will be fined if it goes ahead.
- 6 September Top US commander in Afghanistan Gen David Petraeus warns that burning could put troops' lives will be in danger
- 8 September Vatican condemns bonfire plans as "outrageous"
- 9 September US President Barack Obama joins international condemnation. Mr Jones then says he has cancelled the burning, before saying it is only suspended.
This had come, he said, in the form of a deal with a Florida imam to relocate a controversial Islamic cultural centre due to be built near Ground Zero in New York.
But those behind the cultural centre denied that they had ever spoken to the Orlando-based imam or Mr Jones, who then accused the cleric of having lied.
Imam Muhammad Musri, from the Islamic Society of Central Florida, said he had only agreed to fly to New York with Mr Jones on Saturday and speak with the leaders of the Islamic centre project.
Mr Jones - whose plan has been widely condemned by religious and political leaders worldwide - was visited by the FBI a number of times on Thursday.
The top US general in Afghanistan, Gen David Petraeus, warned earlier this week that the lives of Americans serving abroad would be endangered if the Koran burning went ahead.
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Monday, January 18, 2010
WHY DON'T THEY JUST SHUT UP!
PETPOSITIVE SAYS:
WHY CAN'T POLITICIANS AND ALL THE POWERS-THAT-BE LEAVE US ALONE?
IF THEY HAVE NOTHING POSITIVE TO SAY ABOUT US, WHY DON'T THEY JUST SHUT UP!
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) lawyer Abdul Razak Musa is the latest high-level personality to insult all handicapped people in Malaysia.
He is reported to said in court in front of Human Rights lawyer Karpal Singh, who now sits permanently in a wheelchair after a road accident, that he "(Musa) can sit down but Karpal cannot stand up."
Has Musa not learnt the message that what happened to Karpal has taught us all? Disability is no respecter of persons. Anyone can be disabled at any time. Even Musa, his parents, wife and children one day.
And if they were, would he utter such words?
Musa may have apologised to Karpal but he owes a big apology to all disabled Malaysian for his kurang ajar (ignorant) remark.
As for Karpal, he is now in a position to be able to understand the deep prejudice all disabled people in Malaysia goes through which he never would have known in his able-bodied life.
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Who Is Disabled?
PETPOSITIVE COMMENT:DATUK IBRAHIM ALI who infuriated the disabled community for his remarks on Karpal Singh in Parliament House on April 30, last month, spoke to The Star about the matter yesterday.
He was quoted in the English newspaper this morning as saying that he has "no problem" with the handicapped because according to him, he "contributes at lot (for them) in his constituency".
The MP for Pasir Mas went on to say that his remarks to Karpal had nothing to do with the disabled. "I never meant to humiliate (them)", he was quoted by The Star as saying.
"I only targeted Karpal Singh . . . (who) should have asked for permission to speak from the chair (without standing up) before he speaks.
"I did not know that he is also a OKU (disabled person)", he concluded.
It is hard to go any further on this matter as the story has changed now.
According to the report it appears now as if Ibrahim had not asked or expected Karpal to stand up at all.
Is this true or are the facts being modified?
However, I do have a problem with one of his remark in his new statement to the Press.
He says that he did not know that Karpal is also an OKU.
Now, what does that mean?
Is Ibrahim trying to deny the disabled status of the DAP MP? If that is so, then I must say that it is rather absurd of him to do so because everyone knows that Karpal uses a wheelchair for mobility nowadays.
Disabled Peter Tan, in his Weblog, even goes to the extent of describing Karpal as a tetrapegic - one paralysed from his neck down! If this is true, then Karpal Singh's disability is permanent.
He certainly cannot qualify to be an able-bodied person for that.
However, even if his condition is a temporary one, he is currently disabled. No question about that.
As for Ibrahim, the question can be asked if the YB is perhaps also disabled or blind in some way for not having noticed his wheelchair.
My other concerns over Ibrahim's remark are whether he is trying to imply that Karpal cannot be disabled; or even imply that Karpal can never be brought down to the level of the handicapped.
Perhaps Ibrahim should clarify on these matters too.
A last word: It's good to know that the independent MP has, at least, been supporting disabled persons under his constituency.
What is more important now I think is for Ibrahim to start showing his support for the disabled community in Parliament.
And I'd really watch my words very, very carefully from now on as an MP.
aNt PET+BLOGSPOT
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
PREJUDICE IN PARLIAMENT - AGAIN! (Malaysiakini)
QUICK COMMENT: And so, another insult is reportedly hurled at the Democratic Action Party's (DAP) Member of Parliament Mr Karpal Singh in Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur today.This time, however, it is not from a Barisan Nasional MP but rather an independent one from Pasir Mas named Ibrahim. He is said to have questioned why Karpal had not asked for permission from the House to allow the DAP strongman to speak without having to stand up.
The incident was also highlighted in another DAP MP Tony Pua's (Pix, right) blog today (Philosophy, Politics, Economics).
Asking someone to stand up when he or she is in a wheelchair is indeed a terrible insult. It is the same as to expect any human being to fly.
It is utterly shameful for anyone, let alone a YB, to have said such a thing.
Does he not have elderly parents, an aunt or relative who is sick or disabled? What if he faces an unfortunate situation one day and finds himself in the mercies of others to help him?
Having said that, we are yet, not totally surprised that such words can come out of the mouths of persons who sit and debate issues in the highest house of our land.
It just proves that whether we want to admit it or not, prejudice towards the disabled very much exists in our country - a nation that we would all like to pride ourselves by calling our society a caring one.
PETPOSITIVE can only hope that every time such an incident rears its ugly head again in Parliament, our elected representative, both new and old, will take swift action to confront such prejudice and bury the hatchet once and for all.
aNt
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MALAYSIAKINI REPORT:
FIERY START TO PARLIAMENT
The Dewan Rakyat today kicked off with a fiery question-and-answer session where top opposition parliamentarians crossed swords with both the speaker and Barisan Nasional backbenchers.
The temperature went up few notches during the 90-minute session after a number of controversial rulings from speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia and an 'unparliamentary remark' from Ibrahim Ali (Independent-Pasir Mas) which drew heckles from the opposition Pakatan Rakyat MPs.
From the onset, the Q&A session was delayed by 20 minutes after Karpal Singh (DAP-Bukit Gelugor) cited the standing orders to question certain BN leaders who failed to raise their hand during the swearing-in ceremony on Monday.
A shouting match ensued when the speaker said he had already made his decision - that all MPs were sworn in lawfully.
As first-time MP Gobind Singh Deo (DAP-Puchong) jumped to the defence of his father Karpal, backbenchers led by Bung Moktar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) booed and demanded the proceedings to continue.
During the shouting match, the MPs traded insults with Karpal branding Bung Moktar "bigfoot" while the latter called the former "big monkey."
"If I am bigfoot, you are big monkey," Bung Moktar told Karpal when the DAP leader told the backbencher not to disrupt the proceedings.
Speaker not following precedent
At this juncture, Azmin Ali (PKR-Gombak) referred to the standing order and questioned why Pakatan Rakyat MPs were not given their fair share during the question hour.
But Pandikar argued that he was using his discretion as House speaker to decide on who shall pose the first question.
"It is not stated in the standing order (that the opposition leader must speak first)," said the speaker, adding that he was only informed of Wan Azizah being made the new opposition leader through an official letter yesterday.
At the beginning of the session this morning, the speaker affirmed Wan Azizah as the new opposition leader after being informed that Pakatan MPs had given this their unanimous support.
When calm was restored 20 minutes later, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi took the first question from Razali Ibrahim (BN-Muar) and answered at length on the government’s approach to improving the quality of life in Malaysia.
However, another shouting match followed when Pandikar said he would not allow any supplementary questions to be raised on the grounds that Abdullah’s answer was sufficient.
Under the standing orders, up to three supplementary questions can be asked for each question.
"This is a conspiracy to silent the opposition MPs," said the veteran politician, to which opposition MPs thumped the tables in support.
As the debate between the speaker and the Pakatan MPs ensued, Abdullah interjected and appealed to the speaker to consider one or two supplementary questions.
The speaker finally relented and allowed one supplementary question which went to Abdul Hadi Awang (PAS-Marang).
Wheelchair-bound Karpal attacked
Another commotion erupted moments later when Independent MP Ibrahim questioned why Karpal, who is wheelchair-bound, did not ask permission from the House to allow him to speak without having to stand up.
This led Azmin and Fong Po Kuan (DAP-Batu Gajah) to demand the sole independent MP who contested on a PAS ticket to retract the statement.
"When people speak, I never disturb them. After speaking just a little bit, she (Fong) goes melenteng (shoots her mouth off)," said Ibrahim.
"I am an independent member of parliament. Even when my name was raised just now, I did not say anything. I behaved. I did not speak just now just because I wanted to be a world-class parliamentarian. That’s all," he added.
Ibrahim, who was warned by the speaker to refrain from using ‘unparliamentary words’, also refused to apologise when asked to do so by Azmin.
"What unparliamentary words have I used? I just said shut-up. The word shut up in Malay means diam."
Shifting his focus to Karpal, Ibrahim said: "You insulted certain people just now. From time to time when people insult you, accept it. Just be a gentleman.
"I agree with the speaker, but who is it that is being un-parliamentarian? This whole past hour is just because all these people want to get on TV. That’s all!"
Word-limit issue
Later on, Bandar Kuching MP Chong Chieng Jen stirred another commotion when he pointed out that the second question - posed by Bung to Rural and Regional Development Minister Muhammad Muhd Taib exceeded the 40-word limit.
"I counted, there are 50 words," he said, calling on the speaker to nullify the question.
This riled up the BN backbenchers who questioned Chong if he had really counted the number of words in Bung’s question.
"I have already counted the words in the question of Opposition leader Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and there are more than 50," he said.
"This proves the hypocrisy of the opposition who do not count the words in their own questions ... (It’s a case of) double standards! The pot calling the kettle black!"
The speaker, who was struggling to set the House in order, repeatedly called on the MPs to focus on the issues and not be sidetracked.
"I won’t entertain anymore trivial requests ... I have to ensure the smooth running of the session," he said.
In the end, only three questions were asked during the 90-minute session as opposed to at least 10 if the session had proceeded uninterrupted.
Review telecast
Outside the House later, PAS deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa (PAS-Bachok) said Ibrahim is an independent MP although he had contested on a PAS ticket.
On the other hand, the Kinabatangan MP also greeted Karpal outside the House.
"I was surprised why you suddenly called me a bigfoot," Bung told the DAP national chairperson who did not reply.
After the rowdy session, a disappointed Information Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek said the ministry would review whether or not to continue the live telecast.
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