Is life a gift or a right?

[malorum]

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(a) you were given life, (b) you got lucky, (c) you deserve life

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From the religious perspective (Lutheran).
(a): Yup God did it.

and (b): lucky me

but not (c): You deserve to die cause Adam messed up, and you will too.

From the legal perspective:

(a) obviously.

(b)Do you feel lucky?

(c)at least in the EU theres some rule about the right to life. In the US I guess the president would ultimately veto any such right.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...7/ixworld.html

[purnell]

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The mutiny was the latest setback for an administration facing an increasingly independent and bloody-minded legislature. But it also marked a key moment in Congress's campaign to curtail the huge powers it has granted the White House since 2001 in its war against terrorism.

The late-night Senate vote saw the measure forbidding torture passed by 90 to nine, with most Republicans backing the measure. Most senators said the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal and similar allegations at the Guantanamo Bay prison rendered the result a foregone conclusion.

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Fortunately for us Yanks, a 2/3 majority of the Senate will override the madness of dubya and his cabal. [/hijack]

edit: oh yeah. I'm in the "accident" camp as well.

[purnell]

umm.. duh. A two thirds majority of both the house and senate...

Sorry to clutter this thread but I felt the need to correct myself.