This is a new human right I didn't even know I had

banku_brougham 11 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

9th Amendment, US Constitution, ratified 1789:

>The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

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IAmBroom 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The comments in this thread make it abundantly clear there's nothing new about the right. Seed sharing predates your "TIL" knowledge of it.

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sejje 5 hours ago | parent [-]

There's nothing new about the practice. It becoming a human right would certainly be new.

That's like saying backhanding your kid is a human right. Every human on the planet practiced it forever.

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red-iron-pine 38 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

^ this is an attempt to derail an argument by making about a social justice issue

parent poster may be just some random goober, but this exact type of rebuttal, and about triggering items like domestic violence, is shillllllbot behavior

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oregano 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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knollimar 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Their point is doing a thing for a long time doesn't enshrine it as a right.

The comment before could have said "should be a human right".

imo it's very frustrating having people say "thing I want is a right". What gives them that right? Are all laws not violation of rights if you extend that

	▲	biophysboy an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		All rights now encoded in law were originally moral claims.
	▲	overfeed 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		They are completely ignoring the context of this whole thread, which exists because the highest court in the land (Kenyan land, that is) has affirmed that right. Ggp's is as absurd as a North Korean commenting on a SCOTUS ruling on the right to a fair trial by saying "This is a new human right I didn't even know I had."

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oregano 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Perhaps because you have never had to think about the role agriculture plays in civilization.

Encourage you to look into this issue more.

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sejje 5 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm likely more connected to agriculture than you think. And I think seed-sharing should be enshrined legally.

That's not the same as human rights. I think it's a silly practice lately to start proclaiming all these things are human rights. Particularly (not this case) when those things have to be given to them by other humans.

	▲	alkonaut 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't know what exactly "seed sharing" means (and the article doesn't describe it fully) but merely owning anything communally, or owning property - which includes the right to transfer it - seems like obvious human rights. What's actually a human right and what isn't will depend on who you ask, but just "Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others." seems to be applicable (UN Charter §17)? It doesn't feel like "random thing I think is important is a human right" at all?