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The United States has not spent $ 300 million a day on war in Afghanistan.
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RE: The United States has not spent $ 300 million a day on war in Afghanistan.
(August 26, 2021 at 1:24 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Well, that's what I'm asking you.  Do you think that human rights have to be believed in as a "high ideal", in a similar way to any other mythical story?

Do you think that they're an actual thing - or a useful fiction?

I don't believe they are given by a deity.  I think there are certain freedoms that we desire by our very nature, but that doesn't necessarily map to the current definition of human rights (it may be a larger or smaller list depending on who you ask).

It is very easy for humans to believe in "rights for me, but not for thee".  For it to be a "human right" people have to believe in its universality - and that is a "high ideal".
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RE: The United States has not spent $ 300 million a day on war in Afghanistan. - by HappySkeptic - August 26, 2021 at 1:48 pm

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