<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Listers</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Interesting article on the above subject.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(62,68,89);font-size:14px;line-height:20px"><font face="georgia, serif">Human beings are a very odd species. They don’t regard themselves as just another group among the myriad creatures that share this spinning orb we call Earth. No – they are a super-species, reinforced by the notion that they have “rights”. No other species has rights (other than those “granted” by humans).</font></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(62,68,89);font-size:14px;line-height:20px"><font face="georgia, serif">After millions of years of evolution, we have arrived at the point where the development of technology ensures the supremacy of humans to the detriment of most other species. Even so, Nature still applies the “survival of the fittest” rule, so the supremacy is not universally beneficial. This means humans have a quality of life that ranges from luxurious to pitiful. Some humans use technology to oppress, others become oppressed through being denied access to technology.</font></p><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(62,68,89);font-size:14px"><font face="georgia, serif">How do rights fit into this scenario? Why are rights necessary? They are there to protect individuals and communities from the actions of others that would be detrimental to the continued existence of said individuals and communities. Which presumes that some members of the species will behave in such detrimental fashion. So, humans need to be protected from themselves. As I said, an odd species.</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(62,68,89);font-size:14px"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(62,68,89);font-size:14px"><font face="georgia, serif">Read on:-</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(62,68,89);font-size:14px"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#3e4459" face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><a href="http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/26960/the-thorny-issue-internet-freedom-africa">Internet Freedom in Africa</a></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Regards</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
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