> People don't get killed by their government for putting Bernie Sanders sticker...

zeveb · on Aug 3, 2016

> I know human rights record in China is not good, but getting killed for doing minor things like that don't happen.

China harvests organs from people who belong to a rather wacky religion[1]. That's pretty bad, and I think counts as getting killed for something minor.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Go...

paradite · on Aug 3, 2016

Well that is an much more complicated issue.

First you need to decide whether that religion is illegal or not. That has been a debated subject for many years.

From the Chinese government's standpoint, the religion is illegal, and the people practicing it are put into prison.

Then you have to decide if it is ethical and legal to harvest human organs from prisoners (on death penalty of course).

This again has be debated over many decades.

Bottom line is, you committed a crime by practicing a religion deemed as illegal in China so that is something not minor.

stale2002 · on Aug 3, 2016

You don't think that it isn't an outrage that such a law even exists in the first place?

Yes, it is against the law. The violence against these people is sanctioned by the government. Thats the whole reason it is horrifying!

It is not a tricky issue. The fact that this is all sponsored and done by the government makes it even worse!