Originally Posted by law dawg

The only rights that exist are those that we human beings have decided upon. We agree (somewhat) on what those rights are and agree (mostly) to follow the rules (laws) we have created. And that's pretty much it.

In nature, you have no rights. Nature respects no right other than the strong survive. There is no concept of fairness, of "mine," of "right to," in nature. They are man-made constructs.

And, of course, what we say today is a right we can say tomorrow is not a right, and vice versa. These are not absolute concepts.

And now it's - "Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to Omni we go....."