[P-ala-din]

I think we call things rights only if someone potentially wants to take them. If no one ever took or would ever take a specific right from anyone, I don't see what's the point of calling that a right.

for every right, there are situations where someone stands to gain something from denying it. Therefore financial gain, stopping the bad guys are not in themselves sufficient excuse to deny innocent people their rights.

This admittedly causes an asymmetry making the abolition of rights much costlier than their recognition.

but I'd argue that's a good thing, as it reduces ladder pulling where people only recognize rights in the periods where it suits them. And in the long run results in people having more recognized rights.