[geeks] education systems around the world

[Alex Feinberg]

    UNDHR seems to be fairly broken in other respects - there is
even, if I recall correctly, a part of it that simply excepts some
rights from being universal by virtue  of any conflicting culture
taking precedence.

        I will agree with you that education is not a right - it is
a privilege (some may argue it should be universally accorded, but
that is another matter).


On Friday, 24 October 2008 at 15:37:48 -0500, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> I didn't realize the UN was quite -that- broken as to declare that
> everyone has a "right" to the fruits of the labor of others.  Either the
> teachers must work for free, or the people would be compelled to fund
> them.
> 
> If theft is a recognized human right, I'll just help myself to whatever
> furniture is in the UN building the next time I need to flesh out a room
> in my house.