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| (...) There are some interesting things to explore here. I agree that a "viability" test is certainly part of the rights based calculus which should be used to evaluate these things. One way to examine the issue is that the unborn baby only has the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Hi all, maybe this is limited to the German community, but many LEGO fans there dislike the idea of using the smartphone to control LEGO models. Especially when it comes to trains (and kids being involved in playing with them), many do prefer a (...) (4 years ago, 23-Nov-21, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hi Maggie, This is debate, so that's what we'll do. "Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message... (...) I'm (...) clarification. I disagree. I don't believe anyone's viewpoint will be swayed if we all keep our opinions to ourselves. I (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) But it does demonstrate irrefutably that those rights are not inalienable, contrary to the assertion of the founding fathers. Inalienable rights that can be taken away aren't very inalienable. And in all practical ways, rights that are utterly (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I trust you do not mean that war crimes are constitutional? ;) (...) I'm sure many others would say Bush heading it would also be a "farce". After all, it is Bush's record on human rights which stopped him getting the ICC exemption extended. (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| I have to admit, being a Massachusetts-ite, this subject line piqued my interest. Pardon while I crash the party... (...) Doesn't it though? I think Larry quoted the rights quite accurately. But you can get more specific than that if you're (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| I've written here before that I think it would be more valuable to reframe the entire notion of rights as responsibilities. I think the absolutism of rights is easy to get tripped up on. (At least for me.) (...) One common stance is that an entity (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Yeah, I wanted a project during Covid and this was as good as it gets for me... And no one else posts here anymore - not even that guy talking about monthly dinners... So with much further ado, I've been building and reviewing all LEGO space sets, (...) (4 years ago, 4-Nov-21, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) The problem here is the conflation of legal notion with absolute reality. Rights are the legal/political expression of an aesthetic that nearly everyone (involved in the discussion) supports. While I wrote before that I was siding with John, (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) This is a very nice summation, overall. (...) A good distinction to bear in mind. I don't think I have the ammunition to prove my case scientifically, so I should probably say I'm aiming for the philosophical angle. To clarify: By "inherent (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) No I'm not. Reread what you cited. "tends to suggest" is hardly Summarily Dismissed. Further, being wrong about an issue or cause is not the same as dismissing the issue or cause. I dismiss his opinions about issues (for valid cause since he's (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| "Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:HzICys.15Iv@lugnet.com... (...) as if (...) The (...) same (...) I've definitely had some trouble with the origin of rights. They feel inherent, yet it also seems generally accepted (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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