(July 16, 2015 at 9:53 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote:(July 16, 2015 at 9:46 pm)Nestor Wrote: What KUSA said.
You wouldn't say there is no truth because there is ignorance of it, I presume? Why should it be any different with human rights?
My question for BrokenQuill would be, what gives you THOSE rights and what makes it my duty to respect them?
I exist, I give myself those rights. Maybe that's a bit of lazy argument, but I am myself and I should be able to do as I please as long as I'm not hurting anyone. Those who don't respect my rights will protested against, written angry letters, or occasionally punched in the face.
A child, for example, who does not have the "power" to give themselves those rights.... does that mean they don't have them? Does a child not have the right to live, for example? Or to not be enslaved?
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
