tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10254780.post3915364780645166947..comments2023-05-26T08:42:08.911+01:00Comments on notmyopinion: The saints go marching out?Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17551433393657324982noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10254780.post-77761171486552805002007-09-25T03:51:00.000+01:002007-09-25T03:51:00.000+01:00Sturgeon's Law:)A fellow SF fan?I don't begrudge a...<I>Sturgeon's Law</I><BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>A fellow SF fan?<BR/><BR/>I don't begrudge anyone their decision to stay with Amnesty and try to get them to change -- it's a perfectly respectable strategy, at least if there is any hope of success. According to <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2176470,00.html" REL="nofollow">this column</A>, a measure will be proposed next Jen Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15247886185829008699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10254780.post-30249556980137375102007-09-25T03:19:00.000+01:002007-09-25T03:19:00.000+01:00I know that Amnesty are not above criticism, and I...I know that Amnesty are not above criticism, and I've disagreed with some of their conclusions before now. As you say, the spin they put on their policy is economical at best with the truth. Yet, on the whole I think they help keep governments honest. Ironic, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>People need to decide for themselves if the other rubbish outweighs the good they do. But bearing in mind Sturgeon's LawPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551433393657324982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10254780.post-51705828664609948822007-09-25T01:55:00.000+01:002007-09-25T01:55:00.000+01:00If I were Catholic, I don't think I'd stay either....If I were Catholic, I don't think I'd stay either. (For that matter, I'm a secular humanist and I've left Amnesty.) It's not *just* that they've changed their position on abortion. They've done so in a high-handed and sneaky way, and they've shown nothing but contempt for the consciences of their members who oppose abortion. <BR/><BR/>That said, yes, I think it would be ethical to stay and tryJen Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15247886185829008699noreply@blogger.com