http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ouch/2009/06/uk_ratifies_human_rights_treat.html en-gb 30 Tue 15 Dec 2009 19:15:45 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ouch/2009/06/uk_ratifies_human_rights_treat.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ouch/2009/06/uk_ratifies_human_rights_treat.html?page=16#comment4 the mere suggestion of opt in/out of human rights for those suffering already as a result of natural causes or otherwise seems to me to be an unthinkable idea. why? we should want to have for others that which we want for ourselves. to suggest that,we have by signing up to this, done something incredible is a confirmation that the disabled are somehow less equal to the rest (?) it has long been labour policy in my view,to treat us separately - the race relations act meant that the crime against coloured people was somehow justify-able and thus the police often actually took little notice. this in my view is still prevalent. the gay community, i feel too finds itself in the same quagmire.now add to that another section of mankind.when are governments going to realise that we all deserve respect and same rights the same protection in law. non of us is subjected differently when it comes to voting (thank god) and taxation Tue 06 Oct 2009 12:28:16 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ouch/2009/06/uk_ratifies_human_rights_treat.html?page=12#comment3 Vaughan :::That is good news, that the U.K. is in the processof accepting the treaty for Disabled Persons...=Dennis Junior= Thu 20 Aug 2009 03:10:57 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ouch/2009/06/uk_ratifies_human_rights_treat.html?page=8#comment2 I want to know if this treaty will protect people like Gary Mackinnion a man with Aspergers,from being extradited to America for tapping into Nasa computers looking for aliens.He is being treated as a terroist,only people like us that know about autism/apsergers know, he is innocent for pursuing his obcessions and to extradite him is inhumane and against his human rights as a disabled man. Fri 10 Jul 2009 20:37:16 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ouch/2009/06/uk_ratifies_human_rights_treat.html?page=4#comment1 Opt out opt in, if it is right it is right. Nothing will change!How can you opt out of inhumanity? Mon 22 Jun 2009 00:18:01 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ouch/2009/06/uk_ratifies_human_rights_treat.html?page=0#comment0 There should be no opt-outs. The government should have ratified it in its entirety. Doing anything less is a fudge. Mon 15 Jun 2009 12:13:57 GMT+1