Amnesty International: It's as if a million voices...suddenly silenced.

So, Bryan over at Hot Air makes an interesting catch I thought I'd share with you.

Essentially, Amnesty International is asking its readers to vote on who had/has the worst human rights record.

The candidates for this dubious acheivement? Darth Vader, Hobgoblin or Dick Cheney.

Interestingly, Spider-Man's foe Hobgoblin is currently leading the pack with 73% of the vote. Vice President Cheney comes in third with only 4%.

Like any red-blooded American, I was at first appalled that Cheney wasn't scoring better! What good is having a Republican Vice President who won't go scurrying around the world to abuse impoverished brown people as a leisure activity, after all? Did I waste yet another vote?

And then I noticed something interesting in the poll question.

Here is how Amnesty International summarizes the Hobgoblin's atrocities:

Attacks on Spiderman, gassing civilian populations, using innocents as human shields.

Here is how Amnesty characterizes VP Cheney:

Torture, black sites, "disappearances," kangaroo courts, indefinite detention, and more!

Let's see...Attacks on Spiderman. Gassing civilian populations. Using innocents as human shields. Does that remind you of anyone?

Because, with the exception of placing a fatwa on Peter Parker, it would appear to me that gassing civilian populations (like the Kurds) and using innocents as human shields were the hallmarks of a different villian.

Saddam Hussein, anyone?

So, I want to take this opportunity to thank Amnesty International for finally recognizing the evil that was Hussein's Iraq, and I congratulate the voters in their poll for belatedly recognizing the importance of the American Military's legal intervention and overthrown of the Hussein regime.

I also want to thank them for their poll for one more reason. By comparing Cheney's alleged "atrocities" to those of two fictional characters, does that not underscore just how unserious the charges against the VP actually are?

I think so. So kudos to you, Amnesty International! Before you know it you'll be with us on the need for Jack Bauer-esque torture techniques.

Which might mean you were actually useful. For once.

posted by Jack M. at 09:40 PM

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