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To: Nebullis
My conclusion does not reflect libertarian conventional wisdom or (to the extent it exists) political practice, but the reason for that is that libertarain convention and practice forgot all about their own principles, -- witness the wholesale sellout of the principle of non-initiation of violence in some libertarians' embrace of terrorists.

If I receive an unsolicited message that reasonably offends me, then my individual rights are being violated. Community standard is a integral outcome of the cultural interactions between individual members in the community; while it is a factor in determining violations of individual rights, it is not a community right, because no collective right can possibly be.

59 posted on 01/22/2002 6:11:07 AM PST by annalex
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To: annalex
If I receive an unsolicited message that reasonably offends me, then my individual rights are being violated.

What rights? And in what way are they violated?

60 posted on 01/22/2002 6:41:24 AM PST by Nebullis
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To: annalex
Community standard is a integral outcome of the cultural interactions between individual members in the community; while it is a factor in determining violations of individual rights, it is not a community right, because no collective right can possibly be.

Of course, it isn't a right. It's a community agreement. A community policy.

61 posted on 01/22/2002 6:46:19 AM PST by Nebullis
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