We all know that The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10th December 1948. Since that, people have attached great importance to guaranteeing human rights and worked hard to dispel the violation of human rights. However, we sometimes disregard the other side, the abuse of human rights.
Rights should be used in the right way and with qualifications. We cannot live alone, so that we should care about others when we want to satisfy ourselves. For example, we have the right to sing songs freely but we are not supposed to sing songs extremely loudly when everybody else is sleeping, which is unacceptable legally, emotionally, morally and traditionally.
In addition, punishment should be inflicted on who use rights in a wrong way. I recently heard news that a Chinese scholar in NUS had said something improper about Singaporeans in renren.com which annoyed many people. He was asked to make formal apologise and attend a hearing held by NUS about what the punishment should be. This is not the first time that I heard something like this. Hence, educating people not to abuse their rights is as important as helping them fight against their rights.
In conclusion, we all need to pay attention to the way we exploit our rights and use them for the benefit of ourselves as well as others.
I agree with you since that our rights are also related to other people's interests, it will be wise for us to use it in a proper way.
ReplyDeleteI like your example about singing songs freely. I agree with you that we should be considerate but unfortunately, there'll always be some who think that they "own this world". :)
ReplyDeletePerhaps education is one part of it. Do you think a person's family background or upbringing also has some influence on their actions?
Exactly! I agree that the education is the key to the solution. Actually, not only the schools, but also families should play an important role.
Delete"which is unacceptable legally, emotionally, morally and traditionally." is it wrong ?
ReplyDeletethe example is clear and is it your reflection from the bad thing?
maybe the student's respond is too strong and in his mind, there is not a conception of hunman rights. it is just a way to release his unhappiness.