Leroy wrote on Jun 7
th, 2026 at 6:33pm:
How many genocides have there been in the last 50 years.....
I'm certain that many, many wrongs have been suffered
by individuals,
from identifiable ethnic groups.
..in the last 50 years.
Should we ask,
1/ what was the cause of the genocides, or wrongs, that were committed against those groups ?
2/ were those genocides, or wrongs, against those groups at all justified ?
Q.And [importantly], who has the right to judge [adjudicate] such matters ?
The present day,
United Nations
?
I do not think so. !! [....a snake pit]
adjudicate = = make a formal judgement on a disputed matter..
MY OPINION....Where widespread LAWLESSNESS [is existing] within a society [any society],
there can be very little liberty, for any citizen in that society.
The 'right' [to freedoms] of a group of individuals [in any society], imo,
are NOT underpinned [i.e. not guaranteed] [in any way] by (a) 'law'.
The 'rights' [to freedoms] of a group of individuals are underpinned by the virtues [if any exist] which are widely acknowledged and widely defended [i.e. respected] by a society of men.
Not so ?
Q.Within any society of men, in the face of a government [authority] which holds overwhelming [civil] power [over every individual],
what can any individuals [who are actually powerless] do,
to ensure or reaffirm their own personal rights [and freedoms] ?
A.Very little.
AS PER......
"Right is only in question between equals, and while the strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must."
- Thucydides (460-400 B.C.) Greek Historian
Psalms 119:45
And I will walk at liberty:
for I seek thy precepts.
IMO, truer words never spoken.
Q.But what are those precepts ?
And why should respecting them [Gods' precepts], infer liberty on an individual ?
infer = = from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.