Human Rights - A sliding Scale ?

[Osem]

I've long been of the opinion that rights should be earned and must be accompanied by responsibilities. Nowadays it seems we are subjected to crimes on many levels by a proportion of people who refuse to play by the normal rules knowing full well that they will enjoy all sorts of rights and protections in common with all normal law abiding people.

Something clearly needs to be done to tackle what is a growing problem so would a sliding scale of rights be a possible answer? I mean people face sliding scales of punishments as a deterrent so why not likewise with certain rights. At the top of the scale, why should anyone who's come here illegally and abused our laws be afforded any protection by human rights laws which prevent them being deported? Why should their right to safety come above our society's right to protection from them?

Why should murderers and serious serial offenders be entitled to anything more than just basic food and water whilst imprisoned and why shouldn't they lose the right to certain benefits if/when they reoffend?

I know these are complex issues but, if nothing else, Joe Public would feel a whole lot better in the knowledge that the innocent and law abiding were afforded more rights than terrorists, murderers, drug dealers, rapists and the like.

[RizzyKing]

They are only complex because it suits some to make them that way for example oneway to simplify it is break our laws waive your rights. I always get annoyed that people that knowingly break the law and violate the rights of others are so damn quick to shout for their rights to this and that. I gaurantee you make it very clear and actually enforce it that you have no rights once you violate other peoples rights and you will instantly see an increase in personal respect in the UK. Why bother with it at the minute you can dump on anyone with little or no consequence.