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."

what a load of shite, so a normal life is one of illness and ignorance? people like you make me sick

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.

@ red : yes u do that

Being for equal rights doesn't define you as a liberal, unless you consider Abraham Lincoln, who was a Republican, to be a liberal. The same goes for taking care of the poor, etc., a role often assumed by religious organizations, even the very conservative ones.

Try not to confuse having a conscience with being liberal. In my mind, being a little liberal or a little conservative is a good thing, but being an extreme of either is a bad thing. Extreme liberals tend to have good motives but impractical/wishful approaches to problem solving, while extreme conservatives tend to be afraid of change and or callous to the needs of others.

So Scifiboy, under your beliefs it'd be ok, and encouraged even, for a poor person to rob the home of a rich man?

no, under my system they wouldnt need to do that

at no point have nor would i ever say that robbery is ok, i think robbery is a crime

Doesn't it amount to the same thing though if a rich person is forced by a third party (gov't) to give some of his wealth to a poor person?  The only difference is that the poor person isn't doing the stealing.

taxation is not stealing

Why would you think someone without government education would be ignorant, or someone without government health assistance would be ill?

One of my mothers old bosses grew up in the country, and was dirt poor. One day he had enough money to go see a football game. He walked the 15 miles to the the stadium, and when he got there, was amazed at how rich people lived. This was in the 1940's before everyone had TV.

So, he realized he wanted money. He went to the library, and read every book he could find about law. When he was done, he took the Bar and passed. When my mother worked for him, he was one of the most successful lawyers in Dallas, and he never stepped onto a classroom in his life. Everything he learned, he learned from is mother, or on his own.

Stop looking at government to solve all your problems. Solve them yourself.