Difference between revisions of "Talk:Unalienable rights"

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As far as "all men are created equal", I am going to do some reading of books related to politics down the pike and I intend to read these book which seem interesting:  
 
As far as "all men are created equal", I am going to do some reading of books related to politics down the pike and I intend to read these book which seem interesting:  
  
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*[https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Impossible-Martin-Van-Creveld/dp/9527065526/ref=sr_1_18/154-0989455-4877061?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1478421566&sr=1-18&refinements=p_27%3AMartin+Van+Creveld Equality: The Impossible Quest]
 
*[https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Impossible-Martin-Van-Creveld/dp/9527065526/ref=sr_1_18/154-0989455-4877061?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1478421566&sr=1-18&refinements=p_27%3AMartin+Van+Creveld Equality: The Impossible Quest]
  
 
*[https://www.amazon.com/Privileged-Sex-Martin-van-Creveld/dp/1484983122/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1478421642&sr=1-8&refinements=p_27%3AMartin+Van+Creveld The Privileged Sex] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 03:51, 6 November 2016 (EST)
 
*[https://www.amazon.com/Privileged-Sex-Martin-van-Creveld/dp/1484983122/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1478421642&sr=1-8&refinements=p_27%3AMartin+Van+Creveld The Privileged Sex] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 03:51, 6 November 2016 (EST)

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Who is responsible for defending these rights

God doesn't do a very good job of protecting these--just ask Nelson Mandela about how long he was in prison. --Gulik5 12:16, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

When I read the phrase, "unalienable rights" in its historical context in the U.S. the cynic in me tends to think of the Billie Holiday song: Strange Fruit. It has always bothered me - especially the line that says: Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. It seems hanging wasn't enough. AlanE (talk) 00:13, 6 November 2016 (EDT)
I can't think of very many gift givers who are responsible for defending any gifts, once given. It's always the gift recipient who needs to defend what's been received. Progressingamerica (talk) 00:51, 6 November 2016 (EDT)
What gift is this then and who is the giver? And who is the recipient? Why was this gift - these "unalienable rights" - given so selectively? AlanE (talk) 01:19, 6 November 2016 (EDT)

As far as "all men are created equal", I am going to do some reading of books related to politics down the pike and I intend to read these book which seem interesting:

Martin van Creveld books: