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To: FateAmenableToChange

The point is in the proper use of words. Words mean something. There is a big difference between possessing and exercising RIGHTS and possessing and exercising POWER.


225 posted on 02/18/2010 5:01:17 AM PST by spintreebob
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To: spintreebob
The point is in the proper use of words. Words mean something. There is a big difference between possessing and exercising RIGHTS and possessing and exercising POWER.

The point is that I still can't understand why you think I'm disagreeing with you. You're absolutely right that there is a difference between right and power. Wiki Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld for an even more impressive list of jural correlatives and explanations why they are different.

238 posted on 02/18/2010 8:10:49 AM PST by FateAmenableToChange
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