Food and water are basic human rights. I can't believe anyone would argue that they aren't.
ubu52
August 24, 2010
Comment to Crap for brains
[This came up in the context of a "right" to health care. She supported her claim with a link to the UN declaration of "Human Rights" which includes this statement:
- Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and
well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and
medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the
event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of
livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
- Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All
children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social
protection.
Hence it is not about someone depriving someone else of food, water, or air. This is about some government (people with guns) taking goods and services from some set of people and giving it to others.
And she "can't believe anyone would argue" against that viewpoint? An "interesting" and totally naive perspective. I would like to remind anyone that believes such a thing that 100+ million people died in the last century because of attempts to create just that type of utopia. If she and others would like to volunteer themselves for the next experiment doomed to failure I only request they take it to some place where my family and friends don't have to contend with defending our lives and property and disposing of the rotting flesh.
--Joe]