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We are all entitled to human rights : Comments

By Sharon Beder, published 6/6/2014

The need to balance the budget is not a legitimate reason to undercut human rights.

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runner wrote

"when the rights of unborn babies are heard I will take 'human ' rights seriously."

When those unborn babies start protesting in the streets and demanding their rights then they will be heard and taken seriously. Until then I prefer to concentrate on the rights of actual living people.
Posted by mikk, Saturday, 7 June 2014 11:25:57 AM
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Its called "Social Justice " In a Capitalist system there will be inequality it is the default position, as you will have rich there will be poor,Employed/unemployed etc etc ! Social Justice was created because of that reality ! We are all human beings regardless of our financial situation, as a society we all function under Capitalism.Therefore we have a moral obligation to help our fellow human beings who have been the victims of our society as best we can !
Posted by trapdiocan, Saturday, 7 June 2014 6:47:50 PM
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Dear Rhrosty,

<<It's not them who grant rights but those who elect them.>>

Suppose it's so: what difference does it make?

First, someone comes along and takes away your freedom using violence or threat of violence, then they come back and tell you: "I/we hereby bestow some of your freedoms back to you - see how generous we are?"...

That's my definition of 'rights', so I don't want any.
Posted by Yuyutsu, Saturday, 7 June 2014 10:22:21 PM
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Spindoc,
I don't know about a reformation, it's just an unraveling of the "progressive" facade, the prim and proper image they project has crumbled to reveal a degenerate soul.
This is where "progressives" are at in 2014:
http://i0.wp.com/therightstuff.biz/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/antiracist.jpg
Pornstars doing gangbang movies with illegal immigrants to highlight "human rights", middle aged female sexual predators "adopting" nineteen year old Afghan and Sri Lankan asylum seekers, Chinese brothels and ice dealers in every suburban shopping strip, that's what "Human rights" in 2014 is all about.
Posted by Jay Of Melbourne, Sunday, 8 June 2014 8:56:25 AM
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Mornin' Spindoc.

I hope that you are right, and I have read "Twilight of the Elites" by David Flint, who agrees with you. But at the risk of prompting a sneery post from Rhosty over the subject of psychiatry, I think that the problem of human fundamentalist puritanism is a factor of human psychology, and that is never going to go away.

I have always been fascinated by people who have absolutist mindsets. They are by no means a minority, and they can inhabit every social cause, from the left to the right, and from religious to the anti religious. Vegans are classic moral fundamentalist puritans, they even think that drinking milk is "stealing from cows." Sharon seems to be similarly afflicted with a similar neuroses.

Take Sharon Tater's article.

According to Sharon, everything she wants is a "human right". "Human rights" are carved in stone. "Human rights" are absolute. They transcend the authority of a democratically elected parliament. These "human rights" include a free education and social security. If countries can't afford to implement them, that's just too bad. Implement them anyway. That's it. End of discussion.

This chick inhabits the "School of Social Inquiry" at Wollongong University. What the hell is that? Sounds like a taxpayer funded sheltered workshop for left whingers where they sit around figuring out how "the rich" (ie, taxpayers) should pay for everything they want, and where ABC journalists learn their craft. As a matter of fact, it is a wonder that "publically funded progressive media" has not also been included as a "human right". You and your friends missed that one, Sharon.

Fortunately, their influence is on the wane. Their iron fisted control of the media is slipping and they are inconsolable about that. No wonder they developed acute myopia about "human rights" when Andrew Bolt got prosecuted for committing political free speech. "Human rights" don't apply to right wingers. We are not human.
Posted by LEGO, Sunday, 8 June 2014 10:57:24 AM
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Here is another university educated person who truely believes education costs nothing.
Yep our unis have been dumbed down.
Posted by imajulianutter, Sunday, 8 June 2014 4:35:25 PM
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