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- From: jgm@ais.org (jim miller)
- Subject: Re: The society analogy and rights (Was: Re: Essay Time for Felix)
- In-Reply-To: ghudson@athena.mit.edu (Greg Hudson), from Sun, 24 Jan 1993 12:24:38 GMT
- Message-ID: <C1DyyM.6v5@ais.org>
- Sender: jgm@ais.org (Jim Miller)
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 01:32:44 GMT
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- ghudson@athena.mit.edu (Greg Hudson) writes:
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- >Now, let's turn to "People have a right to be treated decently." This
- >is a whole new breed of cat. Apparently, when Sherrian neglects to
- >change the litter box for a week or so, my rights are being violated.
- >I never thought of it that way before. This "right" isn't just asking
- >for a guarantee; it's asking for a highly improbable guarantee. Not
- >only can the government (or a mud aministrator, for that matter) not
- >guarantee that you will be treated decently, but nobody can guarantee
- >that they personally are treating you decently, because none of us are
- >perfect.
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-
- For the n^zillionth time, a right is NOT a guarantee. Expecting that
- someone will respect my rights is expecting that they will *try*
- to act in a decent manner and that they recognize my right.
-
- Make this notation in your notebooks: R ~= G
-
- --
- "Don't be silly. Jim Miller is a master of misquoting people. He's gotten
- better in that he no longer changes the actual words so they will fit
- his interpetation of truth, now he relies on editing and misinformation.
- Sadly originality is one of many things that still escapes him." -Edwin
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