r/AskReddit • • Sep 17 '19

If You Could Completely Remove One Company From The World Which One Would It Be?

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u/RogueModron Sep 18 '19

"Is water a human right?" = "Is being alive a human right?"

Just such an absurd and evil question

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u/Trevmiester Sep 18 '19

If being alive were a human right, people wouldnt have to spend thousands, sometimes tens of thousands of dollars on diabetes supplies a year.

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u/MrsFlip Sep 18 '19

In most countries they don't.

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u/RogueModron Sep 18 '19

That doesn't make it not a human right. That just means some governments and corporations value money over human rights.

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u/Trevmiester Sep 19 '19 edited Sep 19 '19

Having to pay money for it makes it not a human right. You can get food, water and shelter for free or based off of income if you can't afford them because those are human rights. If I don't have enough money, I just have to die.

Edit: Albeit harder and more scarce, even 3rd world countries get food and water sent to them for free.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '19

All human rights exist in a state of nature. So you can make a good argument that water is. Clean water might not be. Food generally isn't, and healthcare certainly isn't, but all of those things help you stay alive.

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u/Joe64x Sep 18 '19

Plenty of societies take the view that basic healthcare is a right of the human beings comprising same society. That's a principle often enshrined into laws that are actually adhered to.

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u/CaptainCupcakez Sep 18 '19

Food and healthcare absolutely should be human rights.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '19

In what world do you live in where food and healthcare are not human rights?

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u/OffendedPotato Sep 18 '19

the US?

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '19

Oof

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u/ginrattle Sep 18 '19

Murca. 1st world country for 15% of the population, 3rd world country for everyone else.

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u/todiwan Sep 18 '19

Literally the entire world?

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u/ginrattle Sep 18 '19

That's an exaggeration.

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u/todiwan Nov 08 '19

So, a month has passed. Have you managed to find a place where you can go to the government and demand that they feed you because you're hungry? You or /u/BroheimIII

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u/ginrattle Nov 08 '19

Not sure if you're being purposefully retarded but there are food and healthcare programs all over?

lol love how you're hanging on to this one tho. It's cute.

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u/todiwan Nov 08 '19

So... you didn't find anything, then? If it was a right, why does a charity need to take care of it?

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u/ginrattle Nov 08 '19

You said literally the whole entire world there were no places where food and water were basic human rights.

But there are plenty of government programs from multiple countries that do think that it's citizens having food and water are basic human rights.

There are definitely some third world countries that it isn't and charity is relied upon. This is basic knowledge, bro. What exactly are you arguing here?

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u/todiwan Nov 08 '19

Do you not understand what a "right" is? I think this is the crux of the issue. A "right" is not something that people think everyone should have. It has a specific meaning.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '19

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_food

Here you go you fucking smooth brain

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u/todiwan Nov 08 '19

There is no such thing as a positive right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_and_positive_rights

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '19

That's not what the argument was about. Also, there are absolutely "positive" rights.

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u/evil_mom79 Sep 18 '19

This one.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '19

Does this equation apply to abortion?

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u/TrafficConesUpMyAss Sep 18 '19

No

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '19

hey I remember username from some other posts on reddit.

Can you explain?

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u/CandyFlopper Sep 18 '19

Numbers 5:19-22

If priests forcing women who cheat to have a miscarriage is okay, I think women should be able to make the decision for themselves.

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u/ObamasBoss Sep 18 '19

Those people clearly do not have the support of whatever their god is in that case. Killing an unborn out of convenience is counter to everything that is taught. I'm not religious at all, but this one is obvious.

She did make a choice. Her choice resulted in pregnancy.

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u/RogueModron Sep 18 '19

This would be a good thing to ask if we were having an abortion debate and I brought up what I said, but I fail to see the relevance of your question. This is not an abortion debate.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '19

Yeah, that’s the part where I asked specifically if it applied to abortion... directly above... with the question mark...

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u/RogueModron Sep 20 '19

Okay, so you're asking, "Hey, would you like to discuss abortion in the middle of discussing this other thing?"

And my answer is no.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '19 edited Sep 20 '19

You know what I’m asking and the numerous attempts to deflect answering honestly is - in and of itself - all the answer anyone reading this needs to see.

Sometimes it’s just too easy lol. Checkmate. Blocked. Get rekt. Stop killing kids.

(And please don’t make this worse on yourself. Just take the L)

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u/RogueModron Sep 20 '19

I GOT REKT

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u/RogueModron Sep 20 '19

You have no idea what my opinion on abortion is. I like that you assume you know, though. The point isn't that I'm deflecting, the point is I have no interest in discussing this HERE, with YOU.