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Why are outsiders better equipped to decide what is and is not humane than members of the actual community in question?
by harryh 11y ago
Why are outsiders better equipped to decide what is and is not humane than members of the actual community in question?
- toomuchtodo 11y agoBecause human rights are, as they say, "inalienable"; the local community doesn't get to vote on them.
- harryh 11y agoInexpensive phone calls are a human right? Keep in mind this wasn't a ruling by SCOTUS citing the constitution. It was a ruling by the FCC meaning that ultimately it WAS a community voting on them. The only debate here is the size of the community that should get a vote.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoYou are free to your opinion. Preventing someone from keeping in touch with their family while they're in prison through extortion-level pricing of communications services is violating their rights, and the FCC appears to agree. If it has to go to SCOTUS, so be it.