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To: donh
"Please explain how an absolute right to life can co-exist with an absolute right to liberty and happiness."

Depends on the social contract you have accepted to live by as to which rights trump others. It varies by culture and society, but they are still inherent human rights. BTW, happiness is not a right.

107 posted on 03/12/2002 2:49:00 PM PST by A Navy Vet
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To: A Navy Vet
happiness is not a right.

Happiness is a right to the same extent that Life and Liberty are. I have a signed document to that effect, which is often called the primary law: the Founding Clause of the Declaration of Independence.

113 posted on 03/12/2002 3:01:06 PM PST by donh
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