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- From: wiegand@rtsg.mot.com (Robert Wiegand)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
- Message-ID: <wiegand.725836737@lido16>
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- Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
- References: <Bzu31K.522@csulb.edu> <1992Dec26.000917.7829@tc.cornell.edu> <BzuFBF.8Dq@csulb.edu> <1992Dec26.040250.11884@tc.cornell.edu>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:18:57 GMT
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- bai@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor) writes:
-
- >Please answer in a definite way: Do you support a position that denies
- >an individual/company from selling/buying _voluntarily_ their property
- >under certain conditions ?
-
- Yes I support this position. No one has absolute rights to to whatever
- they want. Any persons individual rights have to be ballanced against
- the rights of other people. When what you are doing affects other people
- there are limits to your rights.
-
- For example, I am not allowed to sell alcohol to children. This is limit
- on my rights to sell my property.
-
- You seem to forget that we all live in a society composed of many
- individuals. What one person does can have an effect on many other people.
- Because of this we sometimes have to restrict an individuals freedom
- for the good of society as a whole. Ballancing the good of the individuals
- and the good of society is not easy, and many people will disagree on
- where to draw the line. However, I think most people agree that some
- trade-off has to be made.
-
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- Robert Wiegand - Motorola Inc.
- motcid!wiegand@uunet.uu.net uunet!motcid!wiegand
- Disclamer: I didn't do it - I was somewhere else at the time.
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