RIGHTS?

ARGH!!!!!

I know it's impolite to "yell" in CAPS. But frankly I get a little angry when people start talking about Rights, Freedom and such. It usually means someone wants to convince themselves and others to TAKE something from someone else (usually something they don't understand, don't want to understand, and or are afraid to understand).

I don't pretend to know a lot about freedom. My life, I have been told, has been easy. What do I know of pain, suffering, trial and loss.
I haven't been in jail, I haven't even had a driving ticket. I don't even have my own car.
I haven't killed anyone, I haven't seen someone murdered, I haven't had a family member killed.
I have never starved, I am not in need of food and I will probably never feel real hunger.
I don't do drugs; legal (beer, nicotine, proscription(when I can avoid the doc), or illegal (pot, pain meds, heroin, acid, etc..) I don't have any terribly disfiguring wounds, illnesses or problems. I've never had braces, or glasses and I haven't been more or less than average weight my whole life.
I'm not afraid of spiders, or small places, heights, water or so far anything but being a grownup.

But I do know compassion, how to listen. I give free hugs. I love with all my heart and have felt stricken when loved ones have died/ left/ or hurt me.
I have friends who have been in jail, gotten tickets and let me borrow their cars. I know people heartbroken from killing or losing someone (cops/ army/ car crash, etc). I've fasted, for medical and spiritual reasons. I've visited bad sections of cities and donate to those I can aid. I have scars, and soft teeth.

I respond very rarely to chat lines and even this blog is out of character for me. I'm not a very public speaking person. I have no problem speaking in front of people or too people. I just don't like imposing my tirades on others a high point of life.

I understand as well that by using generalized words like They, People and Someone I can further perpetuate the problem. I don't want to cause a debacle around "who said what and why it was wrong." I just would like to see better prepared arguments, Evidentiary support, and maybe even a little understanding.

There are WAY more than 2 sides to every story. But that doesn't mean the author knows what they're talking about. Or that they don't.

Take this little snippet I took from a chat board online.
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CPB:
Every cult wants to rule the world.

USC:
its like saying the founding fathers, or the apostles were part of a cult.

MHG:
The root of Culture = Cult
Cult:
1.a particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
2.an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, esp. as manifested by a body of admirers: the physical fitness cult.
3.the object of such devotion.
4.a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc.
5.Sociology. a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols.
Connotation aside sounds like they were a cult to me.

AVS:
Hahaha, Gotta love America, A big Bowl of mixed people/races that can't agree.
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Freedom. Rights.
Why use words that you can't even agree to the meaning of?
Do you feel better as a bully, or the one bullied?

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Later
After searching around more posts for a little clarity I remember the words from one of my favorite old guys, when he thought about why people spend so much time debating the subject of how many stars there were. He pronounced "It's because anyone could express his profound conviction on the subject without fear of being proven wrong, because it was impossible to know the answer."