Paul Schlyter:
Human rights are rights granted to all humans. For instance the right
to not be killed.

A lot of people don't get that human rights are not granted; they just
are. That's because it is so easy to deny a person their rights, right
up to the right to life itself.

palsing:
Tell that to the grizzly bear you surprise on a hike.

Tell that to the residents of certain villages in the middle east.

Just exactly who is it who grants this 'right not to be killed'?

I repeat, they just are. Try to think of it this way: you may easily
violate the anti-litter laws, but the laws exist whether you violate
them or not. It's a civilization thing.

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I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

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