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Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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Date: 
Mon, 8 Oct 2001 13:03:20 GMT
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I believe I have the right to travel by means of an automobile.

Do you have the right to pollute by means of an automobile? :)

Scott A
(A Car owning cyclist)



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  Re: Gotta love Oracle...
 
(...) Hey, everything has its drawbacks. Even horses pollute. For that matter, so do cyclists... -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Gotta love Oracle...
 
(...) Arguably, no. Not on a rights based calculus. But see Friedman (1) who argues that rights based calculus breaks down at the edges (asserting your right not to ingest one molecule of extra CO2 due to a car near but not on your property is a bit (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Gotta love Oracle...
 
(...) Actually, we do have the right to travel by modern conveyance -- a right recognized under common law since the time of Magna Carta. Applying this argument to the a.k.a. "driving privilege" is not too complicated -- getting the courts to (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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