06 December 2011

What are your Human Rights?

I hear all sorts of wild claims about "X is a human right".  So I thought I would compile a list of these claims, ranked by google popularity.

These results are of course highly suspect, since google's first approximation and final count can vary to the point of having no relation to each other.  For example, a search for "income is a human right" gives me an estimate of 144,000 results on the first page, and a final count of 25 (even including duplicates!) on the third page.

Among the things beating out "life" as a basic human right are internet access, abortion, and credit.  A satellite dish is a more popular human right than liberty.  Suicide ranks higher than survival.  Even flying is a human right, despite the fact that humans are not birds.

(click the read more link to see the table)