Food Is *Clearly* Not a Human Right

Hakki Alacakaptan nucleus at superonline.com
Sun Mar 31 07:16:19 PST 2002


|| -----Original Message-----

|| From: Justin Schwartz

||

|| I don't agree with dlawbaily's libertarian sentiments, but I

|| don't think

|| food is human right. Enough wealth or income to buy enough

|| food, that's a

|| human right, but that's not the same thing. (...)

||

|| jks

I see your point. I was arguing from the pov that in the 3rd world the economy - or homeostasis - of nature provides individuals with food and water, and the political economy of feudalism or capitalism takes it away. But you're right, "food" is not specific enough.

Hakki



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