Freedoms and Rights

Freedoms and Rights Assignment

1.      Two rights/freedoms:

a)      Freedom of association;

b)      The right to vote in an election of members of the House of Commons or of a legislative assembly and to be qualified for membership therein.

a)      This is crucial to life, no matter where in government. I recognize it as being able to make friends freely, being able to join social activities and not being refused to socialize because of some law or thought.  It’s pretty obvious in every example in life: without friends, it’s a lonely world full of lonely surroundings.  Friendship is helpful to almost all aspects of living, no matter who the friend is. There shouldn’t be any refusal to friendship because of race, religion, thought or opinion, etc.  And definitely the government shouldn’t be controlling association – it wouldn’t be a democratic society at all, probably not even a society, because society requires socializing. Friendship is just about shown anywhere, and it’s impossible to even think of what the world would be like without it. Friendship brings happiness, and brings, most importantly, a strong and peaceful society.

b)      The right to vote – that is like having your right to express your thoughts, except in political aspects.  In a democratic society where the citizens rule, leaders shouldn’t be picked by the government as it’s way too small a sample size to determine which leader is the best and most fair.  Contrary to that, if the citizens all vote for who they think is the best (though their thoughts may not be as ‘political’ as the governor generals, queens, monarchs, etc.), it will fairly judge which leader should take their position. It satisfies the citizens, and even though there will be a minority group who don’t get their wishes granted, it’s better than having one set leader who never leaves his job, and being hated by most of the country.  If Country A has an Adolf Hitler style leader, who was appointed by workers in the government, it’s going to be a gloomy day every single day in that country.  Because everything is set, everyone’s schedules aren’t interesting.  Everyone has to live in one way, and that’s betraying human nature.  Nobody is the same, and restricting people’s privileges to do something just a bit different from what the leader likes is just plain cruel. It’s like one human looking after millions of pets, and they can’t do anything else but listen to the leader’s commands. That’s why having the right to vote in democratic countries is such an advantage.  Though disappointing to leaders, citizens can live in their world.