I had a conversation with someone a few days ago that expressed a perspective I think is fairly dominant in our society. This perspective is moral relativism - the belief that human rights, aka right and wrong, are subject to our perceptions, feelings, societal trends and laws, etc. To quote the person I was having a conversation with directly from her email;
"...there is no absolute right and wrong. There are different view points and harmony is better served by trying to understand one other, not condemn one another."
This disturbing perspective of morality has been accepted by the human race as a necessary rationalization to support an illegitimate belief in "authority". "Authority" that is in perpetual violation of Human Rights 100% of the time.
(I use quotations for the word "authority" because I believe that authority of one person over another is a false concept.)
How else could we accept that a government could change the laws of a country based on the whims of men? How else could we accept that something could be morally acceptable in one country but not another? How else could we accept that the violation of human rights is necessary to protect human rights?
There is no circumstance in existence where any of the following is acceptable;
These acts remain immoral, or wrong, regardless of who carries them out, regardless who benefits and regardless of what group of criminals they claim granted them the "authority" to carry out these acts.
Using physical force to defend yourself if required does not fall under any of the labels listed above.
Emotions are very important and are there to guide us through life. The determining factor is the difference between subjective and objective reality. Human rights do not change based on how we feel as individuals, human rights are "objective" and inherent. Our emotions however are subjective and change based on many factors. The fact that you can do something within your rights that is nice for someone else and have them react negatively is concrete evidence of this fact.
Largely due to the New Age religion (with plenty of mainstream and government support), people have come to think that they should never be offended by anything and never have to feel "bad". Many have even taken to prescription drugs to numb the feelings they don't want to feel.
Your emotions do not determine whether someone is acting within their rights or not. Emotions have nothing to do with morality.
You do not have to be "nice" to act within your rights and you can offend someone without violating theirs.
Example: I am in my home when an agent of the government comes to collect information for voter registration. I deny her the information requested. I then tell this young lady to immediately leave my property, closing my door on her. I'm sure she was offended and probably had no idea (due to her own ignorance) why someone would do that. Did I violate her rights? Was I within my rights?
The acceptance of the fact that Human Rights are objective and unchanging means coming to terms with the fact that our current systems of control are based in violence and immorality. This means coming to terms with the fact that, as a society, we are immoral beings that don't even know the difference between right and wrong.
Only a person with a child-like mentality would not be willing to come to terms with the facts presented above. Not believing something and refusing to look into it further because it makes you feel uncomfortable is totally ridiculous. This is the same mentality that believes that we do not have right to defend ourselves and even more - that we must tolerate the violence of those who have placed themselves in positions of "authority" over us.
Yeah, I'm getting a little aggressive here. Let's face it: if you can't handle a slightly aggressive blog post with a bit of explicit language you probably don't have what it takes to survive in the real word. Not to worry about that, the government will take good care of you and alleviate you of all responsibility - even recognizing the difference between right and wrong.
