2007-10-04 20:36:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ South Africa
I partly agree. Governments all over the world are control freaks.
2007-10-04 23:12:57 · answer #1 · answered by Unathi 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not true. It's illegal to attempt suicide in a lot of places. If you try to cut off an arm, even though it's yours, you can be placed in a mental hospital. If you drive a car drunk, the police will put you in jail, and you won't have much say over what happens to your body while you're there. So, no, you don't really have sole rights to your body and your life.
2007-10-05 03:44:47 · answer #2 · answered by Katherine W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you are correct although there is room for debate when it comes to the bit on life. I am talking about the right of an individual to choose to die during a terminal illness etc. Then the law regards such as 'not your right to choose'.
2007-10-05 05:46:15 · answer #3 · answered by Commodore 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not True!
In SA the government owns you and tells you what you can and can't do.... You are for example not allowed to defend yourself against a person that broke into your house, you will get accused of murder or assault or attempted murder.
You are not allowed to have firearms to defend yourself.
You are not free in SA because the government let criminals run free so you have to lock yourself up in your own house.
Not all people have the right to antiviral medicine against AIDS because the government can not supply it to them and do not believe that there is something like AIDS.
2007-10-05 04:19:27 · answer #4 · answered by smellmaster007 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's true to a certain extent but also remember that ones body is regarded as a temple of the Lord.
2007-10-05 04:38:00 · answer #5 · answered by Jeez 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rights are legal and philosophical concepts... They have limited application in reality (except if you sue someone!) Religious, political and social institutions (either physical or implied) always seem to be telling us what we can do with ourselves and what we cannot.. even though, fortunately, they don't really have the power to enforce their fantasies.
2007-10-05 05:06:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. At least not in the US. The government owns us and controls everything from pregnancies to religion.
2007-10-05 03:45:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless someone violates that right through crime, rape or murder, or your time on earth is over, yes it is true
2007-10-05 05:38:44 · answer #8 · answered by cheri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That´s true. Nobody owns me, I´m not for sale.
2007-10-05 05:34:42 · answer #9 · answered by cakes4southafrica 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. As long as it does not adversely affect others.
2007-10-05 05:15:23 · answer #10 · answered by Pitso 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋