Comment Re:What is the problem?! (Score 1) 426
The truth of the matter is a person or group of people only have the rights that society as a whole give them. No one has given you any of those "rights" you mention.
You do not have a right to something just because you believe you have a right to it. Hitler thought he had a right to take over the world and kill off all the Jews. Communists thought that their political phillosophy gave them the right to subjugate other nations through force. The Klan believed it had a the right to kill black people. Neo-nazis think they have the right to oppress anyone who is not white. My neighbor thinks he has a right to play his stereo so loud I can't hear my TV. All these groups have one thing in common. They are or were wrong.
Actually, more to the point, they turned out to be wrong. If any of those groups could successfully defend their claims, then they would indeed have those rights. You can argue as you wish as to which rights are inalienable, and which are granted by a consensus of society, but in point of fact, the only rights you have are those you can secure and defend for yourself. Now, as it happens, there are and have been people who have taken it upon themselves to secure certain rights for more than themselves, and to put in place methods to defend those rights. These people are few and far between.
