Human Rights

Human rights began as the right to life and liberty.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights came out of the United Nations in 1948.

It’s an interesting document that begins with saying that everyone is born free and equal in dignity and rights. 

This is not consistent with ‘karma’, reincarnation’ or the biblical notion of the sins of the fathers being passed onto their children.  

I find it interesting that the United Nations has a set of rules and regulations that no longer may apply.  Dignity is an idea but how many understand what it means.  The Declaration suggest we should get along like a ‘brotherhood’ but seems to have missed the story of Cain and Abel. Besides ‘sisterhoods’ today seems different that ‘brotherhoods’.  

I read this declaration and frankly it’s like reading the insert on a new tech product with a lot of lawyer make work. Meanwhile there’s one group sloganeering with this stuff and another making it so dense so only a few can find the loop holes.

The oldest law is the Chinese Law of the Fish .  There are big fish and little fish and the little fish must be fast and numerous.  

I looked into this because COP30 is on in Brazil.  COP refers to Conference of Parties associated with the 200 or so countries that signed the original UN Climate agreement in 1992.