How can anyone believe in the notion of human rights?
Now before I start, I’m no pro torture fiend from the fiery pits of Guantanamo Bay. This piece of ranting lunacy is about the concept of human rights.
Recently in Scotland we had the public smoking ban start, good news I hear you cry! Well it is for many reasons but that’s not why I’m writing this. Just before the smoking in public places ban came in to effect the media spent their time interviewing the “man on the street”. Now I have no problem with asking the common man his opinion, if fact I enjoy hearing different opinion, but every single reporter (no exception) would ask if the smoking ban was an infringement on the interviewees “human rights”, the answer would always be yes, never any explanation of why it was, and never any mention of the people who work in bars who are exposed to smoke all the time. So does this mean the human rights of a smoker supersede the human rights of a non smoker?
Human rights are a fairly new concept, and maybe because of this not many countries or people believe in them. And why should they, your not born with the “right” to live, nothing has. This whole concept comes from thinking we are not animals, we deserve to live don’t we? We are better than animals aren’t we? The answer is no! Nature is cruel (according to human thinking), but why do we see it as cruel, is it because they show those nature programs with the Sharks killing the baby seals, or the cute mouse been eaten by the Owl? This is nature doing what it does, at no point does some scream for the protection of the Sharks rights to hunt and live!
Why then do we think we are above the animals, is it because we are self aware? How do we know that no other animal is, has anyone asked them? Human rights is a sham, if you believe in them but the man who has you tied to chair and is holding electrodes doesn’t, nobody is going to kick down the door and stop him. If human rights were a globally excepted concept then organisations like Amnesty would not exist.
Having said all this, I do hope that one day the concept will become an accepted and adhered to belief by all peoples of the world. Thank for reading my poorly written and ill conceived rant.
Now before I start, I’m no pro torture fiend from the fiery pits of Guantanamo Bay. This piece of ranting lunacy is about the concept of human rights.
Recently in Scotland we had the public smoking ban start, good news I hear you cry! Well it is for many reasons but that’s not why I’m writing this. Just before the smoking in public places ban came in to effect the media spent their time interviewing the “man on the street”. Now I have no problem with asking the common man his opinion, if fact I enjoy hearing different opinion, but every single reporter (no exception) would ask if the smoking ban was an infringement on the interviewees “human rights”, the answer would always be yes, never any explanation of why it was, and never any mention of the people who work in bars who are exposed to smoke all the time. So does this mean the human rights of a smoker supersede the human rights of a non smoker?
Human rights are a fairly new concept, and maybe because of this not many countries or people believe in them. And why should they, your not born with the “right” to live, nothing has. This whole concept comes from thinking we are not animals, we deserve to live don’t we? We are better than animals aren’t we? The answer is no! Nature is cruel (according to human thinking), but why do we see it as cruel, is it because they show those nature programs with the Sharks killing the baby seals, or the cute mouse been eaten by the Owl? This is nature doing what it does, at no point does some scream for the protection of the Sharks rights to hunt and live!
Why then do we think we are above the animals, is it because we are self aware? How do we know that no other animal is, has anyone asked them? Human rights is a sham, if you believe in them but the man who has you tied to chair and is holding electrodes doesn’t, nobody is going to kick down the door and stop him. If human rights were a globally excepted concept then organisations like Amnesty would not exist.
Having said all this, I do hope that one day the concept will become an accepted and adhered to belief by all peoples of the world. Thank for reading my poorly written and ill conceived rant.
posted by Sinisterbumblebee at 9:51 AM
3 Comments:
I agree with you. I believe human beings are nothing more than an animal that should be properly embetted into nature. However, some thousands of years ago when we invented agriculture, we started living outside the natural cycle, and thus thought ourselves special.
We are smart, and we have intellect. So human rights or universal rights is something we can strive for, to better ourselves. Problem is, there will always be that one asshole willing to zap you with electiricity for fun.
Wow fitz... sounding like trent now. I see his agro-propaganda has infected your mind.
I agree with some of his theories...yes.
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