@Thomas,
Thomas wrote:
Frank Apisa wrote:How did it become a "basic right?"
As I pointed out in my answer to Revelette, the United States recognized it as a basic human right in 1948, when it signed (not to mention drafted) the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This is not an opinion, it's a fact. You're the one rejecting the facts to protect your opinion.
I am not rejecting any facts, Thomas. I am trying to point out that it is an arbitrary decision of humans to designate that “privacy is an important part of liberty, and as such is “a basic human right.” As times change and situations change, adjustments in thinking can logically and reasonably be made.
Owning slaves was once a basic human right in the United States. It was, in effect, codified by a lack of exclusion.
Times changed…and that “basic human right” ceased to exist.
Significant parts of the right of privacy have ceased to exist…and more are going with each passing day.
You are the one rejecting facts to protect your opinion, Thomas.