Water isn't a human right. We don't do positive rights because they are promises that can't be kept. Is food a "right" during a famine? Is water a "right" during a drought? Is education a "right" if the teachers boycott? Hell, it's not even a "right" for the kids who have teachers. They go to school and don't learn a damn thing. And don't get me started on healthcare being a "right." You have no right to drugs that I own. If you want to exercise your "right" to my drugs, you have to pay for them, and the same goes for my medical advice. If you want it, you have to pay me for it. If government forces me to give you my drugs to satisfy your "right", it has stolen from me and violated my right to own my own property, and if it forces me to give you my medical expertise to satisfy your "right", it has forced me to work involuntarily and without compensation. That's called slavery.
There are no positive rights, because the only way to ensure them is theft and slavery.
The only rights that exist are promises a government can actually keep: the promise NOT to do things. We won't stop you from saying what you want. That's a right. We won't steal your guns. We won't quarter our troops in your home. We won't search your personal documents without proving we have reasonable suspicion you've committed a crime. We won't force you to confess to crimes you didn't commit. We won't hold you indefinitely without a trial, etc.
The Nestle guy is correct. Water is not a "right."
Water isn't a human right. We don't do positive rights because they are promises that can't be kept. Is food a "right" during a famine? Is water a "right" during a drought? Is education a "right" if the teachers boycott? Hell, it's not even a "right" for the kids who have teachers. They go to school and don't learn a damn thing. And don't get me started on healthcare being a "right." You have no right to drugs that I own. If you want to exercise your "right" to my drugs, you have to pay for them, and the same goes for my medical advice. If you want it, you have to pay me for it. If government forces me to give you my drugs to satisfy your "right", it has stolen from me and violated my right to own my own property, and if it forces me to give you my medical expertise to satisfy your "right", it has forced me to work involuntarily and without compensation. That's called slavery.
There are no positive rights, because the only way to ensure them is theft and slavery.
The only rights that exist are promises a government can actually keep: the promise NOT to do things. We won't stop you from saying what you want. That's a right. We won't steal your guns. We won't quarter our troops in your home. We won't search your personal documents without proving we have reasonable suspicion you've committed a crime. We won't force you to confess to crimes you didn't commit. We won't hold you indefinitely without a trial, etc.
The Nestle guy is correct. Water is not a "right."
I agree. People are too careless with the word "rights".
It's a bit of a litmus test when I meet someone new. If they ever talk about "rights" I just roll my eyes