1. Do governments have rights?
2. If so, what rights do they have?
3. Where did the government get those rights?
4. Do citizens have rights?
5. If so, what rights do they have?
6. Where did they get those rights?
7. In each case, who decides what the rights are and why?
8. Are rights absolute or conditional?
9. If they are not absolute, how are they changed?
10. If they are conditional, who gets to say when and how they are changed?
11. What are the scenarios in which the dissolution of rights becomes problematic?
12. Are some rights more important than others for governments and/or citizens? If so, how do you know?
2 comments:
We Don't Need No Stinkin Bill Of Rights!
We Don't Need No Stinkin 2nd Amendment!
We Don't Need No Stinkin Constitution!
We Don't Need No Stinkin Elections!
We Don't Need No Stinkin Laws!
Joe - You have failed to make the distinction between the rights that individuals reserve to themselves the rights they delegate to their surrogates.
Let me help you.
1. Do governments have rights?
Yes. They have whatever rights the individuals who banded together to create that government gave it.
2. If so, what rights do they have?
See the answer to question 1.
3. Where did the government get those rights?
See the answer to question 1.
4. Do citizens have rights?
The proper question is "Do sentient beings the have right of self determination"?
The answer to that question is yes.
Every other question is a simple matter of the sentient being making a decision.
One of the rights that a sentient being has is whether or not to be a citizen of a government created by men.
If they choose to be a citizen of a government, then they agree to whatever grants or restrictions that government exercises over their inherent right of self determination.
5. If so, what rights do they have?
See the answer to question 4.
6. Where did they get those rights?
See the answer to question 4.
7. In each case, who decides what the rights are and why?
See the answer to question 4.
8. Are rights absolute or conditional?
The right of self determination of a sentient being is absolute. The right of a citizen of country is conditional upon the constitution of that country.
9. If they are not absolute, how are they changed?
See the answer to question 8.
10. If they are conditional, who gets to say when and how they are changed?
See the answer to question 8.
11. What are the scenarios in which the dissolution of rights becomes problematic?
See the answer to question 8.
12. Are some rights more important than others for governments and/or citizens? If so, how do you know?
See the answer to question 8.
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