rIGHTS AND wRONGS _____________________________________     I have purposely written the leading capitals as lower case since there is a distinction between 'Right' and 'right'. When Plato wrote about 'Forms' (The Republic) he alluded to Universal Forms. That is, put simply a Triangle (capital 'T') was a conception, in the mind, of the perfect shape of a triangle. This is unattainable, except in the mind because when we actually draw a triangle it has some distortion even though we may use the most sophisticated tools to draw it; thus we have infinite triangles (small 't') which can only allude to the perfect Triangle. In Chaos theory, the world is crinkly, not linear.     Thus, the concept of a Universal Right (or Wrong) must be distinguished from the infinite rights and wrongs that we speak of.     Since we are not God but gods, we cannot execute a Universal Right, only rights.      My argument will deal only with rights and not wrongs (although the argument equally applies).     What are 'rights"?     Whatever rights are, I do not believe that they are not 'there' in the universe. They are created by Man for his own ends.     Really, the notion of rights is quite simple. There are none. Since they are 'given' (usually those who assume power), they can be easily 'taken'.     We might say we have a 'right' to this or that but we must realise that rights are only transient. This applies to Basic Human Rights, through to any other rights that are given or assume that we have, by some natural means.     After all, what is 'right' for one person, may not be 'right' for another. This is simple logic.     Words end up in Laingian knots.     I have the right to smoke     I have the right not to smoke     I therefore have the right to tell you to smoke     You therefore have the right to tell me not to smoke.     Who is right? Substitute 'smoke' for anything else; the logic applies.     rights may be one thing but people do the opposite anyway, for whatever reason. I might think I have a right to [peace and freedom] but this can be shattered in an instant. What means the right then? Substitute [peace and freedom] for anything else and you have the story.     So where do we go from here?     We need to understand fully the above observations. We must not let others fool us into believing that there is anything but human nature. Whatever rights you think you might have, they have no reality other than that you believe you have them.     rights can be taken away. The right, for example, to the dole money can be taken away, for example. Tradition plays no part in legislation.

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