On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 02:12:48PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>      It is context only if one accepts notions about personal or
>      in-group rights that negate the rights of others.

Yes. I agree. Although I suspect most people with that context haven't
thought about it in those terms.

>      I would be willing to bet dollars to donuts that none of us finds
>      this abstract notion acceptable in real life.

If "us" means those on Brin-L, I wouldn't bet against you (I'm not 100%
certain, but the odds aren't good enough for me to want to be). If "us"
means human beings, then I would bet against you because I am certain
that some people do believe those things.


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"Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>       http://www.erikreuter.net/

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