Let's Talk About Rights

We have rights in society. They vary from one society and legislative system to another. Rights are the concepts of humankind, or man, and are as changeable as the summer breeze.

The contemporary moralistic sway gives weight to one right or another. The era or period of history holds the same influence over rights as man's thought process. The result is a document outlining those rights. These pieces of paper also change over time. Much of the time they are in dispute depending whom one is and what their agenda is, whether for or against a particular right.

It is my premise that if one wishes to be some thing or some one, on the basis of a right, so be it. No one is supposed to violate that right. If they do, what ensues is a procedure, probably legal, most of the time, opinion, arguing and struggling over an interpretation and decision about the behavior and the right. The costs are monetary, psychological, emotional, and social. Why?

Should one choose a role or a behavior why is it subject to the rulings of the "rights" document? Just be whomever you choose to be and live your life. No one has the right to say otherwise. However, humans as a species develop likes and dislikes, and seek to impose those inclinations upon others. That is where most conflict emanates from.

It has been said that law is legislated to protect the weak. To protect a minority that seeks to exercise a behavior and experiences opposition from others so a law is made and a document produced and procedures established to adjudicate these differences. Here then is the key, differences. Who is anyone to decide that they like or dislike someone elses choices and impose their will upon them subjugating them to ill effect?

There are sure and certain methods and approaches that can and do remove the stresses and ills that ensue from this framework.