"david" <dgordon@ak.net> wrote in message news:41E70A7E.20607@ak.net...

Article 25.

(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living that is more than
adequate for the health and well-being of himself/herself and of
his/her family, including food, clothing, housing, medical care and
necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of
unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack
of livelihood in circumstances beyond his/her control.

(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and
assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall
enjoy the same social protection.

This and other articles of the UN declaration assume a definition of "a
right" that has no historical basis, is morally indefensible, and which
renders the document as a whole incoherent. No one can have a "right" to
goods or services produced by others, since that would imply that one may
have "rights" to others' time and efforts --- that one may make others
one's slaves.

For a defensible notion of human rights, see "It All Depends on Rights,"
here:

"david" <dgordon@ak.net> wrote in message news:41E70A7E.20607@ak.net...

Article 25.

(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living that is more than
adequate for the health and well-being of himself/herself and of
his/her family, including food, clothing, housing, medical care and
necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of
unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack
of livelihood in circumstances beyond his/her control.

(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and
assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall
enjoy the same social protection.

This and other articles of the UN declaration assume a definition of "a
right" that has no historical basis, is morally indefensible, and which
renders the document as a whole incoherent. No one can have a "right" to
goods or services produced by others, since that would imply that one may
have "rights" to others' time and efforts --- that one may make others
one's slaves.

For a defensible notion of human rights, see "It All Depends on Rights,"
here:

http://209.126.173.140

"david" <dgordon@ak.net> wrote in message news:41E70A7E.20607@ak.net...

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and
inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of
freedom, justice and peace in the world,

Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous
acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a
world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and
freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration
of all people,

Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse,
as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human
rights should be protected by the rule of freedom for the common good,

Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations
between communities,

Whereas the peoples of the world have in the Charter reaffirmed their
faith in fundamental human and individual rights, in the dignity and worth
of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women worldwidee
and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of
life in larger freedom for the good of all,

Whereas Members of the human race have pledged themselves to achieve, in
co-operation with any and all other human beings, the promotion of
universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental
freedoms for all,

Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the
greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,

Now, Therefore THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS proclaim as a
common standard of achievement for all peoples worldwide, to the end that
every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration
constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote
respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures,
national and international, to secure universal and effective recognition
and observance, both among the peoples of the world, themselves, and among
all other peoples worldwide, the right to live free and peacefully based
on personal responsibility and prosperity for the good of all.

Article 1.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights as set
forth by Creator. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should
act towards one another in a spirit of cooperative peace, prosperity, and
growth for the good all instead of for the growth of a select few at the
expense of any/all others.

Article 2.

Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this
Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex,
language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin,
property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made
on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of
any country, community or territory to which a person chooses to belong,
whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing, self-governing, or
under any other limitation/self-identification of sovereignty as defined
by the residents of any said sovereign, collective, community, village,
and/or residence. Individual rights are held as the most sovereign of all.

Article 3.

Everyone has the right to life, liberty, freedom and security of person.
Thereofore it is established in this Declaration that anything that
threatens life, liberty, freedom, and security shall be disempowered
and/or abolished for the good of all.

Article 4.

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade
shall be prohibited in all their forms, including monetary and financial
slavery.

Article 5.

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment. Any person or group of persons subjecting torture
on an individual shall be marked and banished for a length of time set
forth by those victimized by torture as determined by the peers chosen by
the individual that has experience said torture.

Article 6.

Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a sovereign,
independent, free person regardless of laws set down by others in other
locations and belief structures.

Article 7.

All are equal when placed before any and all laws created by other
communities, states, nations, and are entitled without any discrimination
to equal protection from the laws set down by others residing in said
communities, states and nations. All are entitled to equal protection
against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against
any incitement to such discrimination.

Article 8.

Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by a competent community
tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him/her by the
constitutions or by laws set in motion by others.

Article 9.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Article 10.

Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an
independent and impartial tribunal composed of his/her peers of his/her
choice, in the determination of his/her rights and obligations, and of any
criminal charge against him/her.

Article 11.

(1) Everyone charged with a penal offense as defined by others, has the
right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty by peers chosen by the
person charged with said crimes according to the laws set down in this
Declaration, in a public trial at which he/she has had all the guarantees
necessary for his/her defense provided at no cost.

(2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act
or omission which did not constitute a penal offense, under the laws set
forth under this Declaration. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than
the ones that were applicable at the time the penal offense was committed
based on the laws/edicts of the time that said crimes were committed .

Article 12.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his/her privacy,
family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his/her honor and
reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of their human rights
to not be tampered with in any way shape or form.

Article 13.

(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the
borders of each state, country, principality, community, nation, or any
designation thereof unless convicted of heinous crimes against others to
include murder without provocation, torture, child molestation, genocide,
crimes against humanity or any other crime against the personal
sovereignty of any individual no matter their age or status.

(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to
return to his/her country without penalty unless convicted of a heinous
crime of his/her peers.

Article 14.

(1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum
from persecution.

(2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely
arising from non political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes
and principles of freedom for the good of all our relations set forth in
this Declaration.

Article 15.

(1) Everyone has the right to a nationality, or a lack of nationality if
so chosen. In addition, everyone has a right to choose to reclaim said
nationality without penalty if one so desires.

(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his/her nationality nor denied
the right to change his/her nationality. In addition, no one shall have
nationality forced upon them for any reason.

Article 16.

(1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race,
nationality, religion or belief have the right to marry and to found a
family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage
and at its dissolution.

(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of
the intending spouses.

(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is
entitled to protection by society in order to ensure the health of the
people inhabiting said society.

Article 17.

(1) Everyone has the right to acquire ones own property alone as well as
in association with others who would share in said property for the life
of the owners heretofore defined as his/her spouse. Upon death of the
spousal union, said property then becomes the property of a community
based trust staffed by community members that are tasked to be caretaker
of said property until said property can be utilized by another
individual or spousal unit choosing to utilize said property for the good
of all in the community.

(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property without full
disclosure of reasons for deprivation of said property.

Article 18.

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion and
belief; this right includes freedom to change his/her religion or belief,
and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or
private, to manifest his/her religion or belief in teaching, practice,
worship and observance that does no harm to the community at large.

Article 19.

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right
includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek,
receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless
of frontiers.

Article 20.

(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and peaceful
association.

(2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

Article 21.

(1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his
community, directly or through freely chosen representatives. Those
representatives are not free however, to enact laws that do benefit them
at the expense of others.

(2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his
country.

(3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of their
community; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections
which shall be by universal edict proclaimed to strive for equality and
freedom for all to grow and prosper inside and outside community life.

Article 22.

Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is
entitled to realization, through individual and collective effort and
international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and
resources of each community, of the economic, social and cultural rights
indispensable for his/her dignity and the free development and expression
of his/her personality and beliefs.

Article 23.

(1) Everyone has the right to work or to not work, to free choice of
employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection
against risks to health derived from ones chosen work.

(2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for
equal work if one chooses to work for pay.

(3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favorable remuneration
ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity,
and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.

(4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the
protection of his/her interests, personal growth, and well-being.

Article 24.

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable
limitation of working hours as determined by the worker as well as
periodic holidays with pay also to be determined by the worker who chooses
to work for pay.

Article 25.

(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living that is more than
adequate for the health and well-being of himself/herself and of his/her
family, including food, clothing, housing, medical care and necessary
social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment,
sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in
circumstances beyond his/her control.

(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance.
All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same
social protection.

Article 26.

(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be in all cases
free, no matter the location. Elementary education choices shall be left
to the parent/child relationship and, as the child grows, to be chosen by
the child in order to benefit the child. Technical and professional
education shall be made freely and widely available for all and higher
education shall be equally accessible to all for free with no cost
associated with education.

(2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human
personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and
fundamental individual freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance
and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall
further the maintenance of peace, freedom, prosperity, and growth for the
individual as well as for the good growth of all.

(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall
be given to their children until the child gains the age of consent to be
determined by the child as the child reaches maturity.

Article 27.

(1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of
the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement
and its benefits.

(2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the personal and material
interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production
of which he/she is the author.

Article 28.

Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the
rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.

Article 29.

(1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full
development of his/her personality is possible within said community.

(2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject
only to such limitations as are determined by the individual solely for
the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and
freedoms of the individual and of others and of meeting the just
requirements of public good, public order and the general welfare in a
society built along tenets of freedom for the individual as outlined in
the Declaration.

(3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the
purposes and principles of freedom for the individual.

Article 30.

Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State,
nation, community, group or person any right to engage in any activity or
to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and
freedoms of any other individual as set forth herein.

What about the oil?

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:55:42 -0900, david <dgordon@ak.net> wrote:

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and
inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation
of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

Eloquent words and not the least bit unique in concept but considering
the source and their refusal to back them up they are pretty much
meaningless.

<snip rest of pretty words>

atheist@home#1554

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:55:42 -0900, david <dgordon@ak.net> wrote:

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and
inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation
of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

Eloquent words and not the least bit unique in concept but considering
the source and their refusal to back them up they are pretty much
meaningless.