Is life a gift or a right?

(d) it's an accident

Edit: Sorry Cyrus, I didn't see your post before I typed my reply. Could not help myself [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[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.

[hmkpoker]

Neither a gift nor a right.

It just is.



And it's largely dependant on the social structure:

A) A very authoritarian, atheistic, totalitarian government takes over the world. Life is, economically, an expendable commodity for the powers that be. Capital punishment is frequent, and unjust (by our standards). Life in this case is a GIFT.

B) A humane government illegalizes abortion, capital punishment, and makes every attempt to preserve life. Life in this case is a RIGHT.