As the philosopher Hans Jonas wrote in the 1970's, with cloning, we endanger the "right of each human life to find its own way and be a surprise to itself".
The fact that our elected representatives -- public servants entrusted with acting in our best interests--are putting forth legislation which endangers the right to due process, a founding principle of this nation, is alarming, but perhaps not all that surprising.
If all these damned liberal Democrats were actually to solve California's very real political, economic and social problems, it would endanger the right's dearly-beloved dream of a Palin-esque future, heralding the next Reagan Revolution that will surely follow a bungling Democratic Administration in Washington.
"It endangers the rights of people, lawyers, journalists and citizens to assert certain political views," he said yesterday.
"The situation in Egypt is really alarming," said Dina Wahba, an Egyptian women's rights activist, who said the draft constitution endangered the rights of women and children.
"By failing to protect the rights of those who may be guilty, governments endanger the rights of those who are innocent, and put us all at risk," the report says.
Some civil libertarians have also argued that the so-called U.S.A. Patriot Act passed by Congress in November and related legal changes could eventually endanger the rights of citizens as well as those of immigrants.
It endangers the rights of all people -- on both sides of the borders -- to breathe clean air, drink safe water, have a healthy climate and preserve forests and farmlands for our children.
Some transgender people and allies are also concerned that Betsy DeVos, if confirmed as education secretary, could endanger the rights of trans students ― specifically, by rolling back a directive under the Obama administration that called upon public schools to guarantee students access to facilities that best matched their gender identity.
The complaining companies, which include such forward-looking and new technology-loving monoliths like Universal Studios and Turner Broadcasting, claimed that such a device would violate copyright laws left and right and endanger the rightness of our way of life.
