Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Friday, May 15, 2020
FALSE DEBATES
Debating if health care is a right or a privilege, a false debate, is like asking “is life a right or a privilege,” another false debate. Why a false debate? Because only the well are debating .
Life is a divine gift, neither right nor privilege.
As with life, so, too, are life’s incidents, life’s divine gifts, such as health, speech, debate. Many people who claim that life is a “right” loudly deny that health care is also a “right”.
Many who claim that “life is not a right,” still claim that health care is a right not privilege.
There are false debates going both ways, each implicitly denying both are divine gifts.