DMB, all
> Go to your room! ;-)
That's where I was. My wife claims that's part of the problem. ;-)
Let's start with ....
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights, that AMONG these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted
among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,
--That whenever any Form of Government becomes ends, it is the Right of
the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in
such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness"
...I find those self-evident truths to be that people are endowed with a
"four" basic "unalienable" rights.
1 The right to LIFE
2 The right to LIBERTY, or freedom
3 The right to HAPPINESS
4 The rights to ALTER, ABOLISH and INSTITUTE new governments.
Unfortunately the AMONG left the door open for both Governments and
People to "misconstrued rights" in both "arbitrary and tyrannical"
ways. Go read the 27th amendment to the Bill of Rights and tell me that
it rises to the "unalienable" level. It is my understanding that there
were many people at the time who felt the whole Bill of Rights idea was
dangerous because of just what has happened. Unstead of testing the
abridgement of "unalienable human rights" against these four (which like
the MoQ 4 +DQ cover everything ) a whole list of "arbitrary, tyrannical
and conditional" rights have been elevated to the "unalienable" status.
The whole issue with the Afgan prisoners is another case and point of
AMONG allowing legal rights (rights mutually agree upon for specific
legal circumstances, in this case the Geneva Convention concerning the
treatment of prisoners of war) being misconstrued as "unalienable"
human rights. The only "unalienable" right involved if you take up arms
against your fellow man and try to kill him is his "unalienable" right
to return the favor. It is perfectly moral that he does, because you by
you actions, placed all four of his "unalienable" rights at risk.
And this process continues with Civil "rights", both sides of Abortion
"rights", Child "rights", Education "rights", Animal "rights", Plant
"rights", the "rights" to clean air, water, land, and tommorrow the
"unalienable" right of all to have a 24 hour a day accessible public
toilet with scented Charmin..... in your house.
How can I be free, happy, and live my life to the fullest if you abridge
my "unalienable" right to defecate? Hey that one is pretty
"unalienable". Sounds like a reasonable candidate for the 28th ammendment.
3WD
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