know your rights.....

went to central london today to see some exhibitions and things on in london, jeff koons was good and worth seeing, went to the photographers gallery and the museum of childhood OMG that place is awesome hehe me and chris were wandering around like ooo i had that and chilled playing checkers before looking at some illustrations by Roald Dahl done for his books and having lunch there. i must say though the highlight of the day was a trip to regents park to see the tree houses that have been build there, they are huge and you can walk up inside them, there is an open stage area and an artist carving a seat from oak wood so its worth a see. we were taking pictures and hanging around when we got invited to a poetry reading group thing in the main tree house, went along and it was about human rights and apparently most poets have something to protest, although i did not agree it was raised a few points such as what are human rights and should prisoners have a vote etc... to which i think they should as they are still human. the woman however read a few of her poems and they were apparently about identity and how she felt when she comes here and people say oh how long are you here for and she replies 3 years.... she was saying how they make her feel like she should be going home or shouldnt belong here but i thought it amusing how she refered to people as they, a collective disciminating against her when really it was just that 1/2 people and so she is being quite vague when generalising to the rest of a population which is something she feels is wrong no? anyways we left her and went on to see a lovely opera performer in the stage area who had a piano accompanyment and it was lovely. but i thought it was interesting and so i would post the 30 rights we have as stated in the declaration of human rights if ur interested :D

1. all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
2. everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this
declaration, without distinctionof any kind.
3. everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
4. no one shall be held in slavery or servitude. slavery and the slave trade shall
be prohibited in all their forms.
5. no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
or punishment.
6. everyone everywhere has the right to recognition as a person before the law.
7. all are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal
protection of the law.
8. everyone has the right to an effective remedy if their rights are not respected.
9. noone shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
10.everyone charged with a crime is entititled equally to a fair and public hearing
by an independent and impartial tribunal.
11.everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until
proven guilty.
12.noone shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with their privacy, family,
home or correspondonce, nor suffer attacks on their reputation.
13.everyone has the right to freedom of movement.
14.everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from
persecution.
15.everyone has the right to a nationality.
16.men and women... have the right to marry and to found a family.
17.everyone has the right to own property.
18.everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
19." " to freedom of opinion and expression and to seek, recieve and impart
information though any media and regardless of frontiers.
20." " to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
21." " to take part in the government of their country. the will of the people
shall be the basis of the authority of government.
22.everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realisation... of... economic, social and cultural rights.
23." " right to work... to form and join trade unions.
24. " " to rest and leisure.
25. "" to a standard of living adequate for health and wellbeing.
26. right to education.
27. " " to freely participate in the cultural life of the community.
28. everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which all these
rights and freedoms can be fully realised.
29. everyone has duties to the community.
30. no governments, groups or individuals should destroy any of these rights or
freedoms.

in the discussion it was thought that some of these are out of date, for example civil partneships are not covered, education is compulsory in this declaration... etc

ANYWAYS>.. on a lighter note, half day at work tomo and going to tesco after to get ingredients to make matt a roast as its his fave and some fudge pudding im gonna cook woop so hope it goes well and i dont burn anything hehe.

Song for this post is therefore 'know your rights' by the clash but covered by pearl jam so to those who may also know this and be seein pearl jam on tuesday ;) hope ya have a good time :D

this is a public service announcement
with guitar
know your rights
#1
you got a right not to kill
murder is a crime
unless it is done
unless it is done by a policeman
or an aristocrat
oh, know your rights
#2
you have the right to food money
provided at cost,
you don't mind a little investigation, humiliation
and if you cross your fingers
perhaps retaliation
know you rights
these are your rights
know your...
know these rights
#3
you have the right to free speech
as long as you're not dumb enough to actually try it
know your rights
these are your rights
know your rights
these are your rights
for freedom
ha!
maybe it's been suggested in some quarters,
that this is not enough
so get up, get up and scream, oh!!
get up and scream, ahh oh!!