Thursday, May 5, 2011

On the subjects of dignity and natural rights (#825)

"Dignity is a term used in moral, ethical, and political discussions to signify that a being has an innate right to respect and ethical treatment. It is an extension of the Enlightenment-era concepts of inherent, inalienable rights.-Wikipedia." "Natural rights, also called inalienable rights, are considered to be self-evident and universal. They are not contingent upon the laws, customs, or beliefs of any particular culture or government."-Wikipedia. I do not normally use definitions as a rule but let's be clear here about what these two terms mean. Dignity and inalienable rights are what all of us should have as a given. These two laws of life shall govern all of us equally. It does not matter what race, religion, creed, gender or otherwise differences we exhibit on the outside, inside we are all human beings and afforded these two fundamental paradigms. For anyone to make a distinction toward nullification of these fundamental rights to any living human, without consent of those who live under the rules of law by default of living in a society that regulates rules for behaviour, is guilty of illogic and chaos within civilized society. What should the penalty be for one whose prejudice and/or bias toward another is based upon fear and difference? The penalty should be heavy and without empathy. To eclipse fear and privilege, a new paradigm of thought must be formed and instituted. No longer can the mindless thoughts and actions toward derision and divisiveness be allowed to flourish or to be allowed to sit quietly in the dark waiting for an opportunity to display itself. A clean sweep from the ways of the past that did more to divide us than to unite us must be developed if only to save us from ourselves. The better nature of ourselves is screaming to come to the fore and all we all have to do is allow it to happen. Are you in?

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