Re: House clearance...

Meanwhile, I will have the rights of reply and self defence. >>

There are no such things as "human rights". We are not born with any
intrinsic "rights" any more than trees and wasps are. I wish
politicians, do gooders and do badders would realise this simple fact.
What we do have is certain guarantees depending on the context. For
example if we are a citizen of Holland we have the guarantee of a Dutch
passport, health cover, education etc. If we have the bad luck to be a
citizen of Dafor we have approximately no guarantees at all.

And so to the internet. It doesn't take very much to figure out that we
have no guarantees of anything in an unmoderated group. You don't have
any "rights" as such - all you have is the freedom to express yourself
however you want in words. Freedom to do something isn't the same as
the right to do something, even though it may work out the same in
practice. Andy

.

Relevant Pages

  • "20th anniversary, what have we le4arnt?
    ... On the anniversary of 1988 mob rising in Myanmar, ... democracy,demanding for human rights in Myanmar. ... It is not only Myanmar which needs human rights, ... advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech ...
    (soc.culture.burma)
  • Re: Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Worth Reading
    ... Adopted and proclaimed by the [United Nations] General Assembly ... adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the full text of which appears in the following pages. ... Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, ...
    (alt.gathering.rainbow)
  • Re: What are human rights, and where do they come from?
    ... 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted ... and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the full text ... inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation ... advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech ...
    (alt.gathering.rainbow)
  • Re: trey can go fvuck his mother
    ... so climb capital hill in good ole Washington DC to further Treys main ... because he has already had his rights fought for and won. ... own born into freedom, choice of religion, pursuit of happiness those ... are the inailiable rights that a freedom fighter possess. ...
    (rec.music.phish)
  • Rush & Rushs Are Hypocrites, Was: Re: Bellyaching
    ... support his liberty and rights to bodily integrity just as much as I ... I'm saying they have a right to bodily integrity...to not having their ... And, a legally found junkie. ... See " Freedom Of Speech ". ...
    (soc.men)