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Originally Posted by Daniel_
Ideas of rights that we all think are immutable did not exist some time ago, and may not exist in future.
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Some did, however, exist in some form as early as 539 BC.
It's true that war makes puts the idea of rights in a kind of limbo. Perhaps this would suggest that there is no such thing as a just war.
As far as incarceration is concerned, this is reserved for those who have infringed on others' rights. Prisoners, having been proven guilty, have done something to have certain rights revoked until they pay their debt to the society they have wronged. Once the time is served, their full rights will be restored (well, depending... and in theory...)