My mind keeps returning to this production.
I am concerned that UN Declaration of Universal Human Rights is not exactly hitting a comfortable note in the harmonious resolution to current world
affairs it evidently is trying to evoke.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
Is any starting point necessarily better or worse than none? Perhaps, I have no visions of the future on which to rely. And I believe that is as it
should be.
Article 1
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in
a spirit of brotherhood.
I respectfully disagree.
In my mind the fundamental article should read quite differently...,
No being is imbued with rights or privileges that supersede those of another. Accordingly, no human being can judge the value of another.
Beings can only be judged in regards to the actions they take.
I won't bore you by delving deeply into my reasoning. But I must point out that the fundamental distinction I raise renders all other Articles open
for review....
for example:
Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, 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 the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be
independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
This article is superfluous and guilty of reinforcing the notion that circumstance should be relevant or even addressed insofar as rights, or
privileges in society.
It 'accepts' de facto that an imaginary line drawn between two people has the power to change the status of their relationship. It is the beginning
of 'control.' Not for the sake of order, but for the sake of 'management'. Bad paradigm...., no cookie for you..
But I wonder if such objections as i raise gravitate towards what some might call anarchy. I'm open for an education if anyone cares to address the
issue.
[edit on 28-9-2008 by Maxmars]
[edit on 28-9-2008 by Maxmars]