RE: The Right of Revolution
August 20, 2011 at 2:10 am
(This post was last modified: August 20, 2011 at 2:58 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
@Rythm
Are you asserting there are such things as 'innate rights'? If so,could you explain them to me? By that I mean, what is the source of these rights? How are they decided and enforced?
The American Revolution of 1776 was 'right' only' because the colonists won. Had the Brits won (and at times it was close) Jefferson Davis,John Adams,Washington, Franklin, and many, many others would have been sent to London tried,and hanged.
You and I enjoy and cherish many rights as citizens in relatively free countries. Those rights have been established by custom and law,including our constitutions.They are maintained by custom and the rule of law. They are neither innate nor guaranteed. Both your and my country have abrogated parts of our constitutions when expedient and neither has the slightest difficulty ignoring international law or conventions when it suits..
Are you asserting there are such things as 'innate rights'? If so,could you explain them to me? By that I mean, what is the source of these rights? How are they decided and enforced?
The American Revolution of 1776 was 'right' only' because the colonists won. Had the Brits won (and at times it was close) Jefferson Davis,John Adams,Washington, Franklin, and many, many others would have been sent to London tried,and hanged.
You and I enjoy and cherish many rights as citizens in relatively free countries. Those rights have been established by custom and law,including our constitutions.They are maintained by custom and the rule of law. They are neither innate nor guaranteed. Both your and my country have abrogated parts of our constitutions when expedient and neither has the slightest difficulty ignoring international law or conventions when it suits..
Quote: Power grows from the barrel of a gun ( Mao Tze Dung)
