[pp.int.general] Are there "good" and "wrong" Rigths?

[Justus Römeth]

But human rights are very much made by humans, and thus subject to human
opinion, which can change. Just talk to an American or an Arab about what
they think of certain human rights...

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Maxime Rouquet <
maxime.rouquet at partipirate.org> wrote:

> On 03/29/2012 10:49 AM, Dario wrote:
> > El 29 de marzo de 2012 10:21, Maxime Rouquet
> > <maxime.rouquet at partipirate.org <mailto:maxime.rouquet at partipirate.org>>
> > escribió:
> >     Does your Human Rights reference declaration includes the words
> >     "intellectual property" or "protects" copyright or patents ?
> >
> >
> > No. Where are these terms in the declaration?
> > http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
>
> Article 27. (2) :
> "Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material
> interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production
> of which he is the author."
>
> >     But more important : who defines the "Pirate ideology" ? If a
> majority
> >     of people join your party and, after a tragic event, want to amend
> this
> >     "Pirate ideology" to insert death penalty in it, can't they ?
> >
> >
> > To amend the "Pirate ideology" they must achieve two-thirds majorities
> > in two votings, separated in three months at least. This is to prevent
> > "tragic event panic" or takeovers from outsiders.
> >
> > And as Jordi said, death penalty is against Human Rights.
>
> I quote you : "Where are these terms in the declaration?"
>
> I agree with you and consider death penalty as against the right to
> life. But states and courts do not.
>
> Look at the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
> Fundamental Freedoms, that covers the right to life (Article 2) : why
> did they need to add Protocol 6 to restrict the application of the death
> penalty to times of war or "imminent threat of war" ?
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