Right, rights are a horrible way to express the limits we impose on governments. You can starve in a hellish jail despite all the god-given yada yada. If 'righ

Right, rights are a horrible way to express the limits we impose on governments. You can starve in a hellish jail despite all the god-given yada yada. If 'right' is to mean anything, it has to basically be seen as a natural-law restatement of "If you infringe these freedoms (restrict food, etc) then the victim will try to kill you and we'll be on his side." In that case, a right is anything you'll fight to provide to others. (That being the only long-term effective way to guarantee it for yourself as well.)