03-03-2008, 05:50 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WormChancellor
1. The right to rest and leisure. This is a privilege, not a right.
2. The right to paid vacations. It is questionable whether employers should be bound legally to grant this, let alone bound morally.
3. The right to social security. Of course, the Declaration was written by Eleanor Roosevelt...
4. The right to enjoy the arts. I am a huge proponent of music education and the fine arts in general, but this is most assuredly NOT a right.
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Your paraphrasing of the document is somewhat lacking:
Article 24.
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
Article 25.
(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection
Article 27.
(1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
That all seems reasonable to me
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
Last edited by bugalugs; 03-03-2008 at 05:51 AM.
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