Comments on: Is Internet access a human right? http://www.eharborinc.com/blog/2009/10/19/is-internet-access-a-human-right/ Frequent Posts about the World of Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:09:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Wolfgang muller http://www.eharborinc.com/blog/2009/10/19/is-internet-access-a-human-right/comment-page-1/#comment-7579 Wolfgang muller Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:15:52 +0000 http://www.eharborinc.com/blog/?p=1275#comment-7579 Ninety-five percent of Finland’s 5.2 million citizens are already connected to the Internet. This is really great for a country like Finland. Ninety-five percent of Finland’s 5.2 million citizens are already connected to the Internet. This is really great for a country like Finland.

]]> By: Robert Lockard http://www.eharborinc.com/blog/2009/10/19/is-internet-access-a-human-right/comment-page-1/#comment-7082 Robert Lockard Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:31:42 +0000 http://www.eharborinc.com/blog/?p=1275#comment-7082 Dear Mai, Excellent comments. Thank you very much for responding and sharing your ideas. Of course, the Declaration of Independence assumes that there is a Creator who endowed men with certain unalienable rights. That concept of natural or God's law comes from the writings of a Greek philosopher. I can't remember his name, but he's not one of the commonly known ones. A free society is one in which no one is given all that they require to live. Everyone is given an equal chance to succeed and live, but no one is forced to. Up until the 1930s, the U.S. government never engaged in welfare because the founders noted that it hurt freedom by taking from some and giving to others. In a free society, citizens take care of each other while the government simply protects their rights to do so at their discretion. Human rights must be based on natural law. A few wise men have actually studied and defined what that law is and I highly recommend you read "The 5,000 Year Leap" by Cleon Skousen for a wonderful overview of this law, as well as all the things that makes the United States of America so great. Thanks again for your comments. Have a great day! Sincerely, Robert Lockard Dear Mai,

Excellent comments. Thank you very much for responding and sharing your ideas. Of course, the Declaration of Independence assumes that there is a Creator who endowed men with certain unalienable rights. That concept of natural or God’s law comes from the writings of a Greek philosopher. I can’t remember his name, but he’s not one of the commonly known ones.

A free society is one in which no one is given all that they require to live. Everyone is given an equal chance to succeed and live, but no one is forced to. Up until the 1930s, the U.S. government never engaged in welfare because the founders noted that it hurt freedom by taking from some and giving to others. In a free society, citizens take care of each other while the government simply protects their rights to do so at their discretion.

Human rights must be based on natural law. A few wise men have actually studied and defined what that law is and I highly recommend you read “The 5,000 Year Leap” by Cleon Skousen for a wonderful overview of this law, as well as all the things that makes the United States of America so great.

Thanks again for your comments. Have a great day!

Sincerely,
Robert Lockard

]]> By: Mai Erne http://www.eharborinc.com/blog/2009/10/19/is-internet-access-a-human-right/comment-page-1/#comment-7078 Mai Erne Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:27:57 +0000 http://www.eharborinc.com/blog/?p=1275#comment-7078 You have to define "human right" first. If it doesn't mean anything or it means whatever is convenient then everything goes as this example illustrates. Along the lines of the Finish government you could argue that food is much more of a human need and thus should be a "right". To define proper human rights you have first decide on what rights are based on. You can take the degree of "god", some mythical insight, etc. Or you can base it on what humans need to live. If you do so consequently you should come up with the answer that humans should have the right to get food or an Internet connection if they choose to do so. You have to define “human right” first. If it doesn’t mean anything or it means whatever is convenient then everything goes as this example illustrates.

Along the lines of the Finish government you could argue that food is much more of a human need and thus should be a “right”.

To define proper human rights you have first decide on what rights are based on. You can take the degree of “god”, some mythical insight, etc. Or you can base it on what humans need to live. If you do so consequently you should come up with the answer that humans should have the right to get food or an Internet connection if they choose to do so.

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