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What test are you using to determine which rights are valid and which aren't? You point out some differences, but who's to say those mean one is a right and on
by jeffdavis 8y ago
What test are you using to determine which rights are valid and which aren't?
You point out some differences, but who's to say those mean one is a right and one is not?
You could say something similar about abortion, for instance. Throughout most of history abortions were not available and certainly not in a safe form. But now they are recognized as a right.
- Semirhage 8y agoI’m not judging the validity of rights, I’m examining the practicality of embracing those rights up to their logical extremes. I didn’t despute the right to self defense, I just pointed out that as written by the person I replied to, it coils just as easily be applied to tanks and rocket launchers. It’s possible to be far more permissive with freedom of speech than it is with free access to modern weaponry.