On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:16 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Health care is an achievement of human society, not a fundamental human > right. We should provide what we can for as many people as we can, but the > second you call it a human right, you open the courts to endless human > rights violations lawsuits over access. That is a guaranteed way to bankrupt > the system. >
Are free speech and gun ownership not achievements of human society? Or is the distinction one that you make between a fundamental human right versus a constitutional right? I thought that the Bill of Rights, in particular, was meant to codify a few of the most important basic rights of the time. We certainly have had plenty of lawsuits over those two, but I think we've done ok as a society with them anyway. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Does that not still have a bearing on our goals as a society? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:273014 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
