While their articles are usually interesting, if not a bit human rights biased (they rarely let a chance slip by), I find the comments left by other readers more informative
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I agree with you again: I think that the U.S. and Western Europe often go "off the deep end" in advocating for their own narrow, individualistic interpretation of human rights. The mistake, I believe, is not in saying that individuals should have rights, but rather in neglecting to acknowledge that there has to be a balance between the rights of the individual and therights of the community. And too often, we also forget (or just refuse to see)that every nation and culture will strike that balance differently.
I'm sorry I may have sounded condescending in my previous comment. I was definitely expecting a logical, well-thought-out answer, or I wouldn't have bothered commenting. I think where the communication broke down might have been that when I heard the term "human rights" I was thinking about all rights for all humans and socieitys, both individual rights and communal rights. As long as you strike a balance, I don't think you can ever have too much concern for human rights in the larger sense. On the other hand, when you were talking about "human rights" it sounds like you were thinking more about individual freedoms, and yeah, you can go wayyyyyy overboard with that. :-)
Even if you sounded it, I knew you weren't trying to be condescending, I didn't really dwell on it. No worries.
I agree that the mistake was definitly using "human rights" instead a more specific phrase. I wasn't focusing on human rights issues when I was writing, it was just a side comment in a brief up-date I wrote between classes. I'm glad you pointed it out, as who knows how many other people could have misunderstood me as well.
I'm sorry I may have sounded condescending in my previous comment. I was definitely expecting a logical, well-thought-out answer, or I wouldn't have bothered commenting. I think where the communication broke down might have been that when I heard the term "human rights" I was thinking about all rights for all humans and socieitys, both individual rights and communal rights. As long as you strike a balance, I don't think you can ever have too much concern for human rights in the larger sense.
On the other hand, when you were talking about "human rights" it sounds like you were thinking more about individual freedoms, and yeah, you can go wayyyyyy overboard with that. :-)
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I agree that the mistake was definitly using "human rights" instead a more specific phrase. I wasn't focusing on human rights issues when I was writing, it was just a side comment in a brief up-date I wrote between classes. I'm glad you pointed it out, as who knows how many other people could have misunderstood me as well.
until next time, cheers. ;-)
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