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Had to opportunity to see the movie at the World Cinema Festival in Cape Town this week...nice adaptation of the book.
I think maybe it is what you take from the Che story...his social justice instincts are strong and the spirit of the ideals that he stood for are strong (equality, human rights, anti-oppression, indigenous peoples rights). it is how he went about accomplishing them that is questionable. it is interesting to see how his youthful idealism turns as he gains power and becomes jaded about whether the ignorants in society will ever cease to be self interested and insist of ignoring their ability to reason and know right from wrong. Does it happen to all of us at some point? How do we present it?
I have also been away for a couple days and did not get to respons to the thoughtful comments to a post below. I would really appreciate some recommendations in terms of reading materials pertaining to libertainian ideals regarding human rights as it pertains to economic social and cultural rights. I have read much of Ayn Rand (and tend to abhor her due to what are seen as fatal fundamental flaws in her idealisms), as well as a good deal of libertarian economic thery and civil rights theory. I do dislike political labels and try to work towards human rights and peace in my legal work. I try to acknowledge the good and bad in each political position and know that most of us are trying to make the world a better place. unfortunately, the majority tend to be either naive, misled or miseducated, or following a political, economic, or religious ideology that involves blind faith that is imposed on others instead of looking to the universalisms that we all share. I am quite interested in libertarian views on human rights (I am well versed on the civil rights aspect...some tend to go very overboard and crush other rights...we could have a great discussion about flaws in the libertarian view of property and property law) and would really appreciate input from such respected scholars as those who post at L&P.
Whether it was the clumsiness of my post, or the perception imbued on what I was saying (I suspect a bit of both)...i do hope for meaningful and educational conversations in the future.
CP
www.wicper.org
I think maybe it is what you take from the Che story...his social justice instincts are strong and the spirit of the ideals that he stood for are strong (equality, human rights, anti-oppression, indigenous peoples rights). it is how he went about accomplishing them that is questionable. it is interesting to see how his youthful idealism turns as he gains power and becomes jaded about whether the ignorants in society will ever cease to be self interested and insist of ignoring their ability to reason and know right from wrong. Does it happen to all of us at some point? How do we present it?
I have also been away for a couple days and did not get to respons to the thoughtful comments to a post below. I would really appreciate some recommendations in terms of reading materials pertaining to libertainian ideals regarding human rights as it pertains to economic social and cultural rights. I have read much of Ayn Rand (and tend to abhor her due to what are seen as fatal fundamental flaws in her idealisms), as well as a good deal of libertarian economic thery and civil rights theory. I do dislike political labels and try to work towards human rights and peace in my legal work. I try to acknowledge the good and bad in each political position and know that most of us are trying to make the world a better place. unfortunately, the majority tend to be either naive, misled or miseducated, or following a political, economic, or religious ideology that involves blind faith that is imposed on others instead of looking to the universalisms that we all share. I am quite interested in libertarian views on human rights (I am well versed on the civil rights aspect...some tend to go very overboard and crush other rights...we could have a great discussion about flaws in the libertarian view of property and property law) and would really appreciate input from such respected scholars as those who post at L&P.
Whether it was the clumsiness of my post, or the perception imbued on what I was saying (I suspect a bit of both)...i do hope for meaningful and educational conversations in the future.
CP
www.wicper.org
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by chris l pettit on November 24, 2004 at 5:05 AM