there are none
each of us has the right to do what ever we want...but society reserves the ability to punish us for any 'right' we execute
we all have the right to be 'dead' right
Well, it's no surprise I have to disagree with you here. Prior to 1776, I would say your evaluation was largely correct, in context of how governments operated around the world, but in 1776, something pretty special happened.
A group of men we've come to know as the "Founding Fathers", sat down and penned a Declaration and Constitution. The declaration is important, because it presents the concept for the first time, that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator, certain inalienable rights. These were originally defined as "life, liberty, and property," but property was dropped due to slavery and the implication that man might be endowed by the Creator to own other humans, so it was changed to "pursuit of happiness" instead.
It is on this premise, the Constitution was based, and why America has stood as the beacon of freedom and liberty ever since. Knock it all you like, America has used this very principle to develop the most powerful economic and military entity ever known to mankind. The fact that you simply don't get it or understand it, is irrelevant.
Here is why it's so important to understand the founding principle... Because, without the concept that we are given certain inalienable rights at birth by our Creator, it means pretty much what you stated, that our rights come from other men who determine them for us. Under that concept, the Constitution becomes irrelevant. It is simply a document which can be manipulated by men, to mean whatever they want it to mean at the time.
Pinheads like yourself, continue to elect politicians who share your misconceptions, and think that government endows rights to men. These politicians continue to erode the founding principle, and subsequently usurp freedoms we are endowed with. This will eventually result in totalitarianism and turn us into the former Soviet Union. The basic founding principle is designed to prevent that, but when pinheads can't recognize or understand the importance of the founding principle, it becomes little more than words on an old piece of paper.
You are a moron because you wish to reject the founding principle, in favor of following a well-worn track to socialist dictatorship and oppression. Perhaps you don't understand socialist dictatorships any more than you understand the founding principles? I'm really not sure, but for some reason, you don't seem to be concerned you are following the same exact path as other great and powerful nations followed to their demise. The dust heap of history is full of failed dictatorial regimes, most of them were laid to rest by the US Military. Not because we had a stronger military, in many cases we simply didn't, it was the sheer motivation of liberty and freedom, and belief in the founding principles, which caused us to persevere. We will always persevere if we 'hold these truth's to be self evident.' It is when we lose understanding of the principles, and abandon our belief in them, we set ourselves up for certain failure.
