In my poly sci and legal theory classes, the term "right" was considered to implicitly assign a "duty", as by the very nature of what a right is.
> You raise good points. Is our current political > system up to the tasks? > When the UN was formed Mahatma Ghandi was asked to > contribute to the > writing of a BILL of RIGHTS for humanity. He flatly > refused, saying that > what was need was not a Bill of Rights but a Bill of > Responsibilities. Why? > Because a Bill of Rights makes people the victims of > their perpetrators, > while a Bill of Responsibilities makes everyone the > policemen of themselves. > > We can know, especially now that the nuclear truths > of 9/11 and the Bali > bombing are revealed, that our existing political > system has failed. It has > not done the job FOR us that we needed to do. We are > in the beginnings of a > nuclear war with tactical nuclear weapons. We have > to ask, "How responsible > is that?" Very? Maybe? Not at all? I'm sure > different people will have > different opinions. > > Many years ago an Indian scientist, Dr. Ravi Batra, > stated what he called > the rule of Cognitive Dissonance. He said, "The mind > involuntarily rejects > information that is contrary to its beliefs." It is > automatic, without > thought. Inside Germany people believed Hitler was a > genius and their > savior right up until the end of the war. Everyone > outside knew otherwise. > We are seeing a similar phenomenon inside America > today. People refuse to > believe their government is not their friend. Most > of them are my age or > older, as I am amongst the last of the baby boomers. > The old advice that > all is illusion and one must see the world with new > eyes, is right on. > > How we will restore the fisheries of the world is a > world problem, as you > point out. I happen to like eating fish, so I'm > very concerned. I grew up > near the coast of Louisiana where the fishing was > great and the pollution > even better. I'm looking at how to grow fresh water > prawns on my farm in > north Georgia, but that's a personal solution only. > Global solutions may > grow out of personal solutions, since personal > solutions pave the way. If I > stop buying fish and start growing some alternative, > the question is half > addressed. The other half? The global half? It is > times like these when > "the system" comes down around our ears that > everyone is piqued to > question, and the opportunities for growth occur. ===== @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Stacey Elin Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zip.to/anaserene @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/
