{"article":{"id":17127,"heading":"Where do rights come from?","author":"carl","created":"2002-06-15 22:10:21","modified":"2002-06-15 23:00:16","last_modified":"Sun, 16 Jun 2002 06:00:16","article":"<p>I'm pretty sure I have the right to live. <br><br> But what if the duly elected representatives of the people passed a law one day saying \"all carls must die\"? <br><br> Would the will of the people have to be respected? <br><br> Of course not. <br><br> Obviously, the rights of Man do not come from the will of the people, concensus or any such thing. <br><br> So, from whence do we obtain our rights as humans?<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"seriously, tell me.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2002\/06\/17127.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}