Comments on: Veering Off Course, or, A Long Rambling Post on Human Rights Evolution http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2009/09/02/veering-off-course-or-a-long-rambling-post-on-human-rights-evolution/ Conservative group weblog that publishes daily commentary on political events and topics affecting Canada, the United States and the world. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:41:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Sean Calder http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2009/09/02/veering-off-course-or-a-long-rambling-post-on-human-rights-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-213221 Sean Calder Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:10:46 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=6149#comment-213221 Jonathan, thank you for this. It clarifies much of what I was thinking when I started my rant in that last post of mine. This is very much more toward what I was thinking. As I said, it was late, I was foggy and a little annoyed by a personal experience. Probably not the best circumstances under which to post an opinion. ;) Anyway, aside from some of the Human Rights that are recorded in that UN document, I think that it fairly well sums it up. That being said, I disagree totally with adding <em>new</em> "Rights" to that document. Rather, I could possibly agree to reviewing what those existing "Rights" encompass aka definitions/clarifications or as you said, the application and understanding of those elemental Rights. I understand that I wasn't very clear in that when I spoke about the evolution of Human Rights. Thank-you also for including that statement that indicates the differences between Human Rights and Legal Rights, although I hesitate to consider them "Legal Rights" rather than Legal Entitlements. Throwing in the word Rights just complicates the issue as far as I'm concerned. This is a far better launchpad for the discussion than I had. Thanks again! Jonathan, thank you for this. It clarifies much of what I was thinking when I started my rant in that last post of mine. This is very much more toward what I was thinking. As I said, it was late, I was foggy and a little annoyed by a personal experience. Probably not the best circumstances under which to post an opinion. ;)

Anyway, aside from some of the Human Rights that are recorded in that UN document, I think that it fairly well sums it up. That being said, I disagree totally with adding new “Rights” to that document. Rather, I could possibly agree to reviewing what those existing “Rights” encompass aka definitions/clarifications or as you said, the application and understanding of those elemental Rights. I understand that I wasn’t very clear in that when I spoke about the evolution of Human Rights.

Thank-you also for including that statement that indicates the differences between Human Rights and Legal Rights, although I hesitate to consider them “Legal Rights” rather than Legal Entitlements. Throwing in the word Rights just complicates the issue as far as I’m concerned.

This is a far better launchpad for the discussion than I had.

Thanks again!

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