This time I am griping because although amnesty do good work, they are still acting so self-importantly. Their petitions begin (for example) : "I call upon the Sultan of Ruritania to immediately release the prisoner and let him go free."
Who are we to "call upon" the guy with the power? who are we to say: "let him go free"? Under the tyrant's laws, and within his worldview, the prisoner is a scumbag, so why should he go free?. The most we can do is beg for clemency. Amnesty does not seem to have noticed that they are being ill-mannered, with their "call upons". They make me ill-mannered when I sign, even if my heart is totally in it.
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