[Mind's Eye] Re: "Are There Natural Human Rights?"

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, "leerevdoug...@googlemail.com" <l...@rdfmedia.com>
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 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/are-there-natural-hum...
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> > I started to read the comments which are lively but I need breakfast...- Hide quoted text -
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