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Entry: The Wrongs of "Rights" Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_wrongs_of_rights#7657 Post contents: @Keith You know that it is impractical to use other means other than persuasion, example, and economic incentives to change cultural practices in other countries - and cultural practices do change given the right incentives. That is due to the lack of a central authority that those populations regard as legitimate. Why then would you throw away that central authority where it exists and which can employ other means besides peersuasion, example, an economic incentive among the people who recognize it as legitimate? Why remove the one protection inadequate as it is from children? If you think that we are too fine, too well disposed, too rational, too benign not to fall into the same practices, then I advise to read more on the concept of Original Sin. Or contemplate the case of the Edmundson Sisters, slaves which were redeeemed before they could be sold to a brothel. The interesting case was that the man who was to sell them was a Christian, who noted that his "property" read the Bible and prayed, but that evidence of Christian devotion did not change his desire to make a profit by selling her into prostitutiion. Sadly, when there is a profit to be made, too often our principles, our beliefs, our most cherished vision of ourselves fall by the wayside, and reason, religion, or society pressure may not be enough. At some point there needs to be coercion. And a legitimate authority to carry it out. Sent at: 2008 07 08