The Home Secretary decides that a Tunisian, associated with terrorism, should not be allowed to live in the UK. A judge determines otherwise. (BBC Radio 4 News.)
The concept of "rights" is widely thought to provide a necessary check on the abuse of power.
But if the only people who can avail themselves of "rights" are those who are subject to a government decision then they have a power that is denied to those who are not.
Two "Rights" Make a Wrong
President Obama, referring (BBC1, Andrew Marr Show) to Afghanistan, spoke of "human rights, including women's rights".
It was Mrs. Roosevelte who insisted that the term "human rights" replace "the rights of man" (Thomas Paine's expression) to ensure that females were included.
No one can doubt that in French "droits de l'homme" embraces both sexes.
In English, "human rights" either doesn't or feminists want something over and above "the rights of man".
Sunday 22 May 2011
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