Comments on: Who Said This? When? http://www.badroseblog.com/2007/09/12/who-said-this-when/ Life, Dogs, Kids and Politics through the eyes of a blonde... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:45:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Likudnic http://www.badroseblog.com/2007/09/12/who-said-this-when/#comment-41586 Likudnic Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:02:01 +0000 http://www.badroseblog.com/2007/09/12/who-said-this-when/#comment-41586 Short, concise and right on the money. No "fleshing out" or "full exploration" required (except for liberals-'nuance', you know). Short, concise and right on the money. No “fleshing out” or “full exploration” required (except for liberals-’nuance’, you know).

]]> By: Jackson Landers http://www.badroseblog.com/2007/09/12/who-said-this-when/#comment-41349 Jackson Landers Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:00:08 +0000 http://www.badroseblog.com/2007/09/12/who-said-this-when/#comment-41349 As a Bull Moose progressive myself, I disagree with the notion that progressives have a shared belief that the Constitution was written for the horse and buggy days. That said, you hint at something that I think would make an excellent blog entry if you were to flesh it out more. This idea of 'human rights' being a substitution for 'individual rights' and the implicit notion that those 2 types of rights are in conflict. I would love to see a full exploration of this idea with specific examples. Offhand, it reminds me a bit of the incompatibility between the ethics of the animal rights movement and the ethics of conservation. At a glance, most would see the 2 as going hand in hand while a more thorough examination reveals total opposition in practical terms. Maybe your human vs. individual rights idea is similar. As a Bull Moose progressive myself, I disagree with the notion that progressives have a shared belief that the Constitution was written for the horse and buggy days.

That said, you hint at something that I think would make an excellent blog entry if you were to flesh it out more. This idea of ‘human rights’ being a substitution for ‘individual rights’ and the implicit notion that those 2 types of rights are in conflict. I would love to see a full exploration of this idea with specific examples.

Offhand, it reminds me a bit of the incompatibility between the ethics of the animal rights movement and the ethics of conservation. At a glance, most would see the 2 as going hand in hand while a more thorough examination reveals total opposition in practical terms. Maybe your human vs. individual rights idea is similar.

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