Posted
8/21/2005 03:40:00 PM
by Douglas
Reasonably interesting article on the conflict between
rights and responsibilities. I find it funny because it came from Canada.
At its most obvious there is the usual list of standard demands. The right to marry whomever you want, the right to be ordained a priest when you don't qualify, the right to claim welfare even if it isn't deserved, the right to have sex with anyone and everyone, the right to die, the right to be wrong.
The list goes on: The right to swear, the right to defy righteous authority, the right to be publicly uncouth, the right to insult a cop, the right to hide behind any excuse to escape punishment, the right to never fail, never lose, never have one's self-esteem challenged, the right to be wrong.
Someone a lot smarter than I once said that more freedom
increases the need for more responsibility. But what the hell do I know. I'm not even on welfare.