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> Most laws and regulations "elevate one person's rights over another". Most basic and human rights conflict with other basic and human rights. That's inherent.
by ebbv 11y ago
> Most laws and regulations "elevate one person's rights over another". Most basic and human rights conflict with other basic and human rights. That's inherent.
This just simply isn't true. Most rights do not violate anyone else's rights. My right to privacy, right to fair trial, etc. all do not require any violation of your rights. Similarly my to free speech doesn't violate any of your rights. I cannot violate your right to privacy using my right to free speech unless either you have already violated it yourself by releasing your information, OR I have committed a crime, in which case the crime has violated your rights, not the free speech.
But a right to be forgotten for me necessitates that if you have information on me publicly accessible on the web, your site has to be hidden or removed. That's elevating my right to be forgotten over your right to free speech.
- Tomte 11y agoYes it is. Your right to privacy conflicts with my right to express myself freely, e.g. by entering your bedroom. As one example. Of course, if you define rights as what is left after all balancing has already been done, no conflicts arise. That's not very interesting.
- ebbv 11y ago> Your right to privacy conflicts with my right to express myself freely, e.g. by entering your bedroom. This is nonsense. Right to express yourself does not mean right of going anywhere you want. You're inventing non-existent rights to claim that they are violated. That's not how it works. We have actual rights that are defined by law, those are the ones I'm talking about.
- Tomte 11y agoArticle 2, paragraph 1. Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany. A real law. plonk