Les Français sont fous!
Western societies seem to be calling everything a “right” these days. Now, France’s highest court has declared that free access to the Internet is a basic human right guaranteed by France’s constitution. Basic human right? C’mon! Life and liberty are basic human rights, not access to the Internet (for free, nonetheless).
People are pulling rights out of thin air these days, and in the process, they are demeaning the value of true human rights. Basic human rights only come from God. Governments do not grant them, they recognize them. The last time I checked, free access to the internet is not on God’s list.
Thinking to Believe 
June 11, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Freedom of speech and the press is a right. That’s for certain. But this is like saying that not only is the press free, but no one has to pay for the pen or paper.
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June 11, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Jay,
They are rights in this country, but even they are not basic human rights (at least not freedom of press).
I like your way of putting it: “But this is like saying that not only is the press free, but no one has to pay for the pen or paper.” Funny!
Jason
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June 12, 2009 at 1:15 am
Well said Jay!
My view is that there are no rights at all.
Rather, these are obligations that one should afford to another.
How can someone have a “right to live” if God says otherwise?!? Rather, Everyone else has an obligation to not remove the life.
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