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by catnaroek 4683 days ago
Personally, I do not think freedom of speech is a human right. It is a cornerstone of modern civilization, and, where we have it, we ought to protect it, but restricting freedom of speech is not at the same level of "wrong" as systematically allowing people to die.
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then you have a different definition of "right" than most of the rest of us.

If systematically allowing people to die is a wrong, then everyone is guilty of an original sin, given that to date no one has found a way to prevent death.

I admit I expressed myself terribly. What I meant is "systematically allowing people to die of non-natural causes". This excludes dying of illness or old age.