Comments on: Human Rights Conference In Uganda? Is this Some Sort of Sick, Twisted Joke???? http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2010/05/9033/ Fighting antigay lies and the ex-gay myth Thu, 17 May 2012 03:30:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Priya Lynn http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2010/05/9033/comment-page-1/#comment-22659 Priya Lynn Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:19:49 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=9033#comment-22659 I don't know...can you even have a complete discussion on human rights in a country that stands so adamantly against them? I don't think so. I don’t know…can you even have a complete discussion on human rights in a country that stands so adamantly against them? I don’t think so.

]]> By: Hennie de Villiers http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2010/05/9033/comment-page-1/#comment-22652 Hennie de Villiers Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:57:18 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=9033#comment-22652 @Warwick Poulsen: More or less what I was thinking. I'm concerned that a type of boycott against this sort of conference would just leave a vacuum which could be filled with an anti-gay conference instead. I can see the point that this may be an undeserved boost for Uganda's human rights reputation. Hopefully some discussion of the situation in that country will take place, in public or in private. @Warwick Poulsen: More or less what I was thinking. I’m concerned that a type of boycott against this sort of conference would just leave a vacuum which could be filled with an anti-gay conference instead.

I can see the point that this may be an undeserved boost for Uganda’s human rights reputation. Hopefully some discussion of the situation in that country will take place, in public or in private.

]]> By: Warwick Poulsen http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2010/05/9033/comment-page-1/#comment-22642 Warwick Poulsen Mon, 31 May 2010 22:38:52 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=9033#comment-22642 ...on the other hand... maybe that's EXACTLY the kind of place where human rights need to be discussed in a high-profile manner. Among other things, it might create an opportunity to raise the standard... …on the other hand… maybe that’s EXACTLY the kind of place where human rights need to be discussed in a high-profile manner. Among other things, it might create an opportunity to raise the standard…

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