LETTER: Rights without resources are meaningless
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06 November 2020 - 17:35
The dire fiscal and economic crisis has forced us to the realisation of some undeniable, yet mostly ignored, home truths on the subject of what we love to call rights. The idea of rights arises fundamentally from the nice enough hope that we could order society to recognise and observe the “golden rule”.
The noble maxim of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you, cannot be faulted. However, it seems to have evolved into a rule about other people being obliged to hand over what I deem to be my rights with no regard to practicability...
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