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- Subject: The Social Contract holds...
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 22:14:50 GMT
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- All of your given rights. You can speak of natural rights in a
- metaphysical context. But if those who hold the most in power,
- and hopefully it is the people as a group, then the rights so
- granted to you are inextricably attached to the process and
- reality of a social contract.
-
- And out of this 'contract' or 'agreement' comes the processes
- that protect and conserve your rights. And therefore it is
- your full responsibility to make sure, that everyone has their
- rights protected. And with this comes the complex chain of
- situations, where we decide if we have the right to discriminate,
- exclude, include, segregate, integrate, judge, and just about
- anything you can add.
-