Subject: Re: BofA and UW can now support discrimination against blacks and Jews
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In article <5108@news.duke.edu> infante@acpub.duke.edu (Andrew Infante) writes:
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>Anyone whois is _human_ should be allowed the same _rights_ as all humans,
>up until the point where what the person does _adversely_ affects others,
>i.e. hurts them (and no, hets are not being _hurt_ by homosexuals'
>activities, if a het _thinks_ that the sight of homosexuals is indeed
>hurting them, turn you fucking head, het, it's not your concern anyway!)
>
If all humans, just for being humans, would have the same rights as all
other humans, there would not be any sense in talking about rights,
Rights are based on the fact that not all humans have rights just because they
are humans, but based on the fact that humans are different from each other.
So, because we are not equal, some people have to be protected from other peopleand then, we have rights. So, not all humans have the same rights as other
humans.,
Whatever is applicable to all humans, is something assume per se and does not
require a legal right. Like your right to breath.
So, erasing the distinction between human beings does not help the cause
for equality, but actually, hurts it a lot. Because we need to understand
where are we different in order to act on that.
Men are no women, and women are not men, that is why we have to have
rights that concern women and not men, like the right to choose about their
