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Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 6 Oct 2001 15:32:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Pedro Silva writes:
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> > Out of curiosity, what kind of rights do you have that we don't, and which
> > might benefit us if we had them?
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> Can you briefly enumerate your rights?
Briefly? No.
> I just don't know what they are. Also,
> it depends on what you count as a right. We have rights guarenteed by our
> constitution that are actually not granted by inferior laws. I still consider
> them rights -- and feel free to act as if they were even in violation of those
> lesser laws, but that's not the view that everyone has.
That is why we have a Constitutional Court: it decides if the laws passed on
by Parliament are according to the Constitution. You see, we *also* have a
Constitution... :-P
> As a rough first bat, do you have the right to keep and bear arms? All of
> them?
Individuals can apply for the use of such right: people with dangerous
professions (cab drivers and doctors at least) can acquire small caliber
pistols, and licensed hunters can buy shotguns. That seems reasonable - I
wouldn't want to have any John Doe on the street carrying a weapon.
> As to whether _you_ would _think_ that they were beneficial, that's up to
> you...I can't say.
There hasn't been a story of arms-bearing in this country for a long time,
and noone here makes a lot of noise about it - so I can assume the present
situation isn't displeasing for the majority of the population.
Besides, why would the average portuguese citizen need a weapon for?
Pedro
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| (...) Can you briefly enumerate your rights? I just don't know what they are. Also, it depends on what you count as a right. We have rights guarenteed by our constitution that are actually not granted by inferior laws. I still consider them rights (...) (23 years ago, 6-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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