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why should a natural entity not be treated like a person? The obvious answer here is "ok, they're all persons, and as soon as they can stand up in court and te
by cperciva 8y ago
why should a natural entity not be treated like a person?
The obvious answer here is "ok, they're all persons, and as soon as they can stand up in court and tell us what they want, we'll listen to them".
- peeters 8y agoTo which the obvious counterpoint is "ok, so mentally incapacitated people shouldn't have rights because they can't articulate them?"
- refurb 8y agoTo which I would reply “Disabled people are humans, so there are non-disabled humans who have articulated universal rights.”
- dragonwriter 8y agoWe have well established systems in law for persons without capacity to either represent themselves or even designate a representative to have their legal interests represented, because this happens with existing legal persons (even natural persons) with some regularity.