The__KingOfRhye wrote:musicalprostitute wrote:But, yes, I am well aware there will be those types who defend the rights of rapists and kiddy fiddlers; I'll stick to my convictions, thanks all the same.
Even convicted "rapists and kiddy fiddlers" do have rights, though obviously they don't have all the same ones everyone else does. For a few examples in the US, there have been Supreme Court cases about prisoners' First Amendment right to practice their religion. Courts have applied the Eighth Amendment protection against "cruel and unusual punishment" to conditions inside prisons. Also, Elessar mentioned human rights....if something is a "human right" that means it applies to all humans. (Right?)
But rapists and kiddy fiddlers should not have those rights. That's all I'm saying.