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Originally Posted by Resurrection
I'm all for keeping the laws of the land in place. They should be. But before we judge the UK too much, imagine if there was 3 terrorists attacks that killed dozens of people in Alberta over the last 3 months.
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I would point out that there is a difference between human rights and human rights laws. Human rights are universal rights. Human rights laws are methods of preserving those rights. Whereas, human rights are enduring, laws need to be constantly updated to deal with changing circumstances.
Human rights will constantly overlap and conflict, and the laws need to deal with this and often prioritize one set of rights over another. I myself am very much a libertarian, in that I believe the government exists only to secure the population and should have as little of an impact as possible. However, security of the person is also the most fundamental and important of all human rights. It's obvious right now there is a major flaw in the system in Europe, as people are literally getting away with planning murder under the protection of freedom of speech/religion.
I'll take a wait and see approach here. However, to say that there needs to be changes to human rights laws, or at least their application is 100% correct.