Re:Buzzfeed journalist denied China visa following coverage ...
by Kalium on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @05:02PM
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You're absolutely right. The concept of human rights has been, is, and likely will be used as a smokescreen to disguise dishonest and greedy grabs for power.
All of this is true. All of this is real. All of this is tragic and painful and extracts a price in human suffering.
You're absolutely, completely, 100% right. In every possible way, with no exceptions whatsoever. There is much work to be done, and abuses make it harder than it needs to be. These abuses can, should, and must stop.
Yet, it's perhaps possible that none of these abuses should be understood as invalidating the very notion of basic human rights.
All of this is true. All of this is real. All of this is tragic and painful and extracts a price in human suffering.
You're absolutely, completely, 100% right. In every possible way, with no exceptions whatsoever. There is much work to be done, and abuses make it harder than it needs to be. These abuses can, should, and must stop.
Yet, it's perhaps possible that none of these abuses should be understood as invalidating the very notion of basic human rights.