[HN Gopher] The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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       The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
        
       Author : tines
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2024-02-13 21:27 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | tines wrote:
       | I thought this line near the end was interesting:
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       | > These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary
       | to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
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       | As if the purposes and principles of the United Nations will
       | always be aligned with transcendent human rights. It almost
       | brings high aim of the whole document down a little.
        
       | GeoAtreides wrote:
       | A question for monarchists:
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       | Article 1: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity
       | and rights."
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       | How do you square your support for kings when it goes a
       | fundamental human right, that all human beings are born equal in
       | dignity and rights?
        
         | ImJamal wrote:
         | I'll take a stab at this.
         | 
         | Having equal rights doesn't mean that everybody has equal say
         | in laws. Basically what I mean is a person in a legislature can
         | vote for a bill to become a law. I, not being a member of a
         | legislature, can't vote for the bill. That doesn't mean I don't
         | have equal rights to the politician.
         | 
         | On a side note, a large number of kings have no or nearly no
         | power nowadays so it tends to be more of a symbolic thing
        
       | tester89 wrote:
       | (1948)
        
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