What About My Rights? Posted: Feb 24, 2010 Our home, sweet home is the Land of the Free. We are Americans (or Canadians), and as such we are constantly reminded that we are endowed with certain inalienable rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Then there are our constitutional rights: free speech, voting, bearing arms, trial by jury, etc. Our culture has been engrained with these rights to the point that we've grown a sense of entitlement. We have the tendency to demand our rights, to insist upon justice in personal grievances, and to expect the maximum benefit for ourselves with little regard for its effect on others. Just watch an episode of Judge Judy or read today's headlines and it becomes clear: selfishness is rampant in our society. It is the ultimate source of the major problems facing our nation today: an incredibly high divorce rate, broken homes, abuse, and the collapse of our prided economy.