No Such Thing As Rights

George Carlin was known to say that there is no such thing as "rights" ... He was right. There is no imaginary advocate in the sky. There is no "Right" or "Wrong" there is only what is, and the struggle for what can be. No, health care is not a right, but I damn sure believe everyone who needs it 'should' have it, no, there is no right to democracy or free speech or a right to bear arms. But there is something more powerful that imaginary "Rights", there is conscientious action. Don't let your vote be confined to the ballot box. " Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men. "Henry David Thoreau... Was it Emma Goldman who said "If voting could change anything it would be illegal"? If we want a 'better' world we will have to work for it, voting is too damn easy to be effective, sometimes you actually have to do something.