Rights are attained by the "winners". By the French mob or the powerful barons or the industrial North in our Civil War...then there are our Indian Wars which are a complete disgrace!
On Jun 1, 8:56 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ohhh I'll get to reading that when I find the time. So without having > read it here is what I think. > > There are no natural human rights, theer are no natural rights at all > save those that are granted or taken. > > Our Human Rights at this stage are both taken and granted and are in a > state of evolution. > > What do I mean by taken and granted? > > An example of rights taken would be historical examples. The French > and American revolutions, the siging of the Magna Carter. These are > rigths by which the people felt agrived enough to fight for. > > Freedom in other words, but a right that is taken can also be taken in > turn. > > A right that is granted, would be laws and legislation granted to a > citizen by a body, like a goverment, or the European Court of Human > Rights. > > On Jun 1, 2:37 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/are-there-natural-hum... > > > I started to read the comments which are lively but I need breakfast...- > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
