To: exodus
I know darn well what you are trying to say a right is; I was once like you and learned all about my rights.
My point is that your definition of a right has no practical value (Mr Leroy and you both said 'rights' have political value, potentially anyway) where as my definition gives us a framework for which to think about rights and how best to preserve them for the next generation.
This is right vs left libertarianism 101, so enough with the 'I still don't know stuff...'
176 posted on
09/30/2003 1:35:08 PM PDT by
JohnGalt
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To: JohnGalt; MrLeRoy
My point is that your definition of a right has no practical value (MrLeroy and you both said 'rights' have political value, potentially anyway) where as my definition gives us a framework for which to think about rights and how best to preserve them for the next generation. *********************
Your definition gives only the State a say in what "rights" a person has.
That's socialism, not freedom.
Rights do not have political value unless used as a marketing strategy, but an understanding of Rights is necessary to understand politics in a free society.
198 posted on
09/30/2003 2:30:52 PM PDT by
exodus
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