Giving puppies a legal right to have silly hats and birthday parties obviously diminishes the real rights that we all care about. Rights-proliferation leads to

Giving puppies a legal right to have silly hats and birthday parties obviously diminishes the real rights that we all care about. Rights-proliferation leads to governments taking a pick-and-choose approach to enforcement, and many people would argue that having selectively enforced rights is tantamount to not having any rights at all. See also: http://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/dec/04/-sp-case-against-human-rights http://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/dec/04/-sp-case-against...