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To: exodus
The laws of physics are never violated; do you believe rights, since they are universal can never be violated?

Lets try this another way:

The only practical application for your theory on 'rights' is that libertarians can educate other people about their 'rights.'

What you fail to grasp is that I am promoting a practical application of restoring meaning to the word 'rights' to groups of people (communities) that are interested in preserving a culture that respects their rights.

Under your context, rights have no meaning since they can be violated at will and at this late date, there seems to be no political interest in restoring them.
188 posted on 09/30/2003 1:58:39 PM PDT by JohnGalt (Attention Pseudocons: Wilsonianrepublic.com is still available)
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To: JohnGalt
The laws of physics are never violated; do you believe rights, since they are ("like the laws of physics"), can never be violated?

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Yes.

Rights can not be violated, in the way you mean.

No matter how strong the interference put against exercising a Right, that Right exists at full strength.

202 posted on 09/30/2003 2:45:02 PM PDT by exodus
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To: JohnGalt
The only practical application for your theory on 'rights' is that libertarians can educate other people about their 'rights.'

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That's not a practical application.

If the concept of "rights" had no purpose other than discussion, there would be no practical application at all; discussing "rights" would be a waste of time.

204 posted on 09/30/2003 2:49:41 PM PDT by exodus
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To: JohnGalt
What you fail to grasp is that I am promoting a practical application of restoring meaning to the word 'rights' to groups of people (communities) that are interested in preserving a culture that respects their rights. Under your context, rights have no meaning since they can be violated at will and at this late date, there seems to be no political interest in restoring them.

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You are promoting the idea that communities should get together and decide, in the interest of preserving their culture, to pretend that imaginary "rights" exist, even though a man who's not blinded to reason would know that "rights" are just a way to keep the mass of people quiet while they're told what to do and what to say by their Democratically elected leaders.

That's socialism..

205 posted on 09/30/2003 2:59:16 PM PDT by exodus
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