alt.politics.usa.republican

RSweeney wrote:
> "ACOG" < @ > wrote in message
> news: $ @ ...
>> On 2007-09-01, RSweeney demonstrated his minimal intellect
>> once again, to the amusement of the milling crowd:
>>
>> [...]
>>>> Still not "human rights". They are "constitutional rights"
>>>> granted to "the people". Similar, but not quite the same
>>>> thing. And that difference can mean a whole lot in some
>>>> courts, and in some attempts to shore up a weakening defense
>>>> of the second amendment as interpreted by the guns-4-all
>>>> lobby.
>>>>
>>>> Oops! I mentioned it! Bad me!
>>> Your argument is tied to the term "human" instead of "people"?
>>>
>>> Yeah... That's certainly going to take you far.
>>>
>>> Get over it. Admit your error and move on.
>>>
>>>
>> There is a clear and distinct difference between what is
>> called "Human Rights" and that which is guaranteed by the
>> US Constitution.
>>
>> The original post proposed that the second amendment should
>> be somehow registered as a "human right" in the same way
>> other "human rights" are seen as borderless and universal,
>> as accepted "defaults". The US Constitution is specific to
>> the US, despite it containing some similar references.
>> (How easily confused you are at the concept there might be
>> somewhere on this planet that is not American.)
>>
>> Therefore, there is an argument as to the practicality or
>> even validity of including a law specifically written in one
>> country, specifically for that nation, (and a contentious
>> law at that), for all countries as a default "human right"
>> in the context we currently consider what is described as a
>> "(Universal) Human Right" rather than a "(US) Constitutional
>> Guarantee".
>>
>> And you clearly missed this distinction from the start.
>>
>> Which explains why you failed to even get off starting
>> blocks on this one.
>>
>> You are a mouthy prat, and a waste of time. Go away.
>
> The rights of man as given by God

What ones would those be? IIRC God didn't grant rights, but gave
Commandments to His followers. God didn't seem to think much of human
rights per se. See the Old Testament for details.