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Message 52 of 300 (658999)
04-11-2012 5:03 PM
Reply to: Message 51 by New Cat's Eye
04-11-2012 4:10 PM


Re: Human Rights
So if you loose your rights, how do you still have them?
They did not loose their basic human rights. They were violated.
Right, to the person claiming that, because of the speed limit, I can't drive faster than 55 I would... those signs don't really limit your speed.
Having rights, dosent mean they cannot be violated. Speeding limits work the same way.
Just like a government defining a right as unalienable doesn't mean they can't be taken away from you.
There is a difference between beeing stripped of your rights, and having them violated.
The UN has a set of global human rights and if goverments violate those rights, other UN participating goverments should intervene. Somehow.
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Rights can be kind of a weird construct though. In the danish constitution, we have the freedom of expression, but at same time we have laws against expressing racist thoughts (Call someone a nigger or the danish equalent, Perker, on TV or in a paper interview, and you WILL get fined) and we have blaspemy laws. Danish ISPs also block ThePirateBay, AllOfMP3, and Grooveshark.
[edit] I'm sorry i answered your questions directed at Taq, but i couldnt help my self..
Edited by rbp, : No reason given.

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