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Comment author: Azathoth123 09 November 2014 07:07:56AM 5 points [-]

Rights are bizarre, rhetorical tools, bargaining chips in the economics of pricelessness and compromise.

No, rights are (or should be) based on time-tested ethical injunctions. Granted today there is an unfortunate tendency for bodies like the UN to invent (and "de-sanctify") rights at the drop of a hat. This is undesirable behavior and should be met with mockery and derision.

Comment author: Ritalin 10 November 2014 01:05:05AM 0 points [-]

Could you expound on that "time-tested ethical injunctions" thing? I understand the concepts separately, but not how they go together, nor how they relate to "rights" as in "La Déclaration des Droits de L'Homme et du Citoyen", the "Bill of Rights", or the "UN Declaration of Human Rights".

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