The limits of rights
What are we entitled to?
‘No human being is illegal’ were the predictable words delivered by Mhairi Black when discussing the migrant crisis on question time. Hearing this shallow thought directing her reasoning on an immensely complicated topic was no surprise. Proclaiming that no person is illegal is reminiscent of some teenager with a fire for social justice but little recog…
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