Should Human Rights be a priority for Obama? / myLot

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January 14, 2009 11:51am CST

Or should Obama scrap human rights until the economy is sound again? Which is your priority for the new administration? "The US-based Human Rights Watch called on Mr Obama to undo "the enormous damage" of the Bush administration." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7828908.stm

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di1159

@di1159 (1580)

• United States

14 Jan 09

Wow, toughie! There are so many problems that need to be dealt with, I'm sure human rights will be on that list, but it should be on every country's list. I believe the old adage that we must first get our own house in order before we can help anyone else do the same still stands. If we can't fix the economy, we really can't fix much else. I think that's the first thing he's gotta deal with. Have a great one!

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kishusia

@kishusia (1066)

• India

22 Jan 09

Obama - President Obama and Human Rights

Human rights should be the top priority of Mr. Obama. To make the economy sound again, one can not scrap human rights. In fact human rights should be the top priority for any government at any time in any country.