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I am neither Texan nor American, so this is an outsiders perspective: What I do not get is how the EU can just blatantly ignore this. When one of our politicia
by allendoerfer 10y ago
I am neither Texan nor American, so this is an outsiders perspective:
What I do not get is how the EU can just blatantly ignore this. When one of our politicians travels to an Arab country or to China and does not address the human rights situation clear enough, he or she will be bashed. When Turkey starts talking about reintroducing capital punishment the instant reactions are that this will end the negotiations about EU membership. Capital punishment is a hard line for the EU, if your country has it, it is not considered to value human rights and is out, no further questions asked.
The only people really criticizing the US here (in Germany) are usually haters, who glorify Russia.
It cannot be about the money either, because China is an important partner, too. They have to put up with our obligatory human rights talk every time, while the US has not.
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- Mithaldu 10y agoSimple: From a distance the usa looks civilized enough that people forget that piece of barbarism exists. Also: Ocean inbetween.
- makomk 10y agoThey can't. The EU requires its members not to extradite anyone to the US if there's any possibility that a death sentence might be applied. On the other hand, China has a whole lot more human rights issues than the US.
- allendoerfer 10y agoThe US holds itself to higher standards. It tries to get Europe to fight wars together in the name of these standards, so it should be held accountable. China is corrupt to the core, they do not claim anything else and nobody expects anything different. I am not saying that we can or should do anything about it, just that we have to point these things out if do not want to lose our face.
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