On Mon, 14 May 2007, Brian Loe wrote: > On 5/14/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 14 May 2007 09:28:17 CDT, Brian Loe said: > > > > > The basic principle of any and all rights is: Your rights end at the > > > tip of my nose. Now, given that knowledge, I'm hopeful that you can > > > answer your own questions and avoid our moderators rath yourslef. > > > > So you *do* agree that *your* rights end at the tip of *my* nose, and that > > therefor you're willing to concede those rights that extend further. That's > > contrary to your original statement: > > > > > I'm not in favor of giving up my rights for ANY purpose, btw. I don't > > > have the right to live worry free. > > > > (ANY is *your* caps, btw) - that covers "including the purpose of not > > extending > > past somebody else's nose". You have the right to use imprecise language > > that > > doesn't say what you actually meant... :) > > > > I'm so very sorry that you have such trouble with the English > language, but here again is what I said, as you quoted it: > >> Your rights end at the tip of my nose. > > Now what rights am I willing to give up again? After all, any that > would do you harm are not rights to begin with, as I stated clearly in > this oft quoted sentence. > > Here's an example I might give one of my children (who didn't take > nearly this long to pick up the concept, btw): I have the right to > travel. I do not, however, have the right to travel through someone > else's property - possibly causing them financial damage.
We have that right here, and I exercise it almost every day. > I have the right to do what ever the hell I like in my car while > driving UNTIL I do you damage. No according to the law. There's an offence called "Driving while under the influence", and you can be punished for that even if you don't do damage. > Once I have damaged you, you and the > society I live in have the power to make me pay for it in any > reasonable and humane way. Your rights don't end at the tip of my nose, they end some distance from there. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
