I am a liberal and I'm proud

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Strategyking92 said:

SciFiBoy said:

Strategyking92 said:

SciFiBoy said:
Healthcare and Education are rights imo, i will never think otherwise, as i have empathy for the less fortunate in society

 

They are rights, huh? Tell that to the people of bangladesh. They are just now making progress on those "rights". It's a  privilege, because if your country wasn't as good as it was, you might not have those things. Just like technology, it's a privilege.

 

Because they are Rights we should help make sure people in other nations have them too

No. A person does not necessarily have to have education and Healthcare to survive. They are not rights. They are not necessary for a person to live a normal life.

"A privilege—etymologically "private law" or law relating to a specific individual—is a special entitlement or immunity granted by a government or other authority to a restricted group, either by birth or on a conditional basis."

 

Why on earth would you put down the definition of a privilege when we are talking about rights?

I think you'll find that free speech, freedom of movement habeas corpus and most of the other rights that we enjoy are also not necessary for people to live a normal life and they are also only available to only those priviledged enough to be born in a free country.