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Originally posted by Winsor_Pilates@Jun 23 2005, 10:02 PM
I don't understand the point of you rant. Are you simply saying that the rights that we hold on to, are not natural in their origin?
So what?
Sure Canada has invented it's charter, and that charter doesn't apply to everyone, everywhere, but that doesn't mean the charter is void of rights and should not be used to defend peoples rights on social issues. Rights are not natural, and not fundamental, but they are still appliable and very real. That's really all that matters. It's just like laws. They're not fundamental either, but we are still expected to follow them.
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That's exactly my point--you interpret well.
Our justice system and government are now technically founded on the Constitution, of which the Charter is a part. Thus, instead of governing our own society now, we're governed by a piece of paper that was put together over 20 years ago. WHY? Because people seem to think that the Charter is beyond questioning...that these "rights" are somehow divinely issued, or something.
I've come to believe that they're not. And the constant invocation of the Charter as an argument for frivilous matters is starting to tick me off.
In that health care case, a lawyer for the Canadian Labour Congress put forth the argument that employment in the national public health system should be considered a fundamental right for the employees. That's the kind of frivilous thing I'm talking about. The argument was rejected, but there are still people out there who believe that was a valid argument! Ridiculous!