Monday, May 22, 2006

Rätt till heltid, rätt till deltid, rätt till jobb, rätt till ditt och datt

Angående vänsterns besatthet med diverse positiva "rättigheter" till det ena och det andra, men som de inte kan garantera hur mycket de än ylar om att det skulle vara just rättigheter, så kom jag att tänka på följande scen från "Life of Brian":

FRANCIS:
Why are you always on about women, Stan?
STAN:
I want to be one.
REG:
What?
STAN:
I want to be a woman. From now on, I want you all to call me 'Loretta'.
REG:
What?!
LORETTA:
It's my right as a man.
JUDITH:
Well, why do you want to be Loretta, Stan?
LORETTA:
I want to have babies.
REG:
You want to have babies?!
LORETTA:
It's every man's right to have babies if he wants them.
REG:
But... you can't have babies.
LORETTA:
Don't you oppress me.
REG:
I'm not oppressing you, Stan. You haven't got a womb! Where's the foetus going to gestate?! You going to keep it in a box?!
LORETTA:
[crying]
JUDITH:
Here! I-- I've got an idea. Suppose you agree that he can't actually have babies, not having a womb, which is nobody's fault, not even the Romans', but that he can have the right to have babies.
FRANCIS:
Good idea, Judith. We shall fight the oppressors for your right to have babies, brother. Sister. Sorry.
REG:
What's the point?
FRANCIS:
What?
REG:
What's the point of fighting for his right to have babies when he can't have babies?!
FRANCIS:
It is symbolic of our struggle against oppression.
REG:
Symbolic of his struggle against reality.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I ärlighetens namn skall sägas att jag som libertarian har haft många liknande konversationer med andra libertarianer. ;)

4:56 PM  
Blogger Robin Ekman said...

Verkligheten vs. social"liberalismen" och de positiva "rättigheterna".

8:02 PM  
Anonymous Anders Gardebring said...

Klockrent!

11:58 PM  

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