http://dragondark.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] dragondark.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] penda 2005-11-11 12:22 am (UTC)

No I don't actually believe in birth rights of that nature.

A birth right that says you are born into a society, in which you will be treated with the same rights as everyone else, is not the same thing as a birth right that says you are an unquestionable omnipotent ruler. My birth right is the birth right of every American, because the people who came before me, decided that every American should enjoy it.

But I see where you might have thought that.

I really think you on a strange tangent here; a person cannot choose where they are born. Maybe it's not fair that some people are born in Somalia and some are born in New York, but what ever gave you the idea that life was fair.

America does offer a way to share it's wealth with the people not fortunate enough to be born here. Does Britain? Well not if you’re Indian, does Germany, Well not if you’re Turkish... We are the only country on earth not specifically defined by a race, religion, or even language and where a surf can be a king, and a king a surf, based in large part on the their own effort and choices. You would think that would make people happy.

It sounds to me like your going for a nation less one world society. Not only do I fundamentally disagree with that idea, it is not the reality of the world we live in, and I think if we seriously want to tackle real world problems, we have to work within the real world.

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