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Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:56:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Pedro Silva wrote:
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Could you clarify what “common law” is?
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The term is perhaps a little “overloaded” with history, but in a criminal law
context it basically means laws against theft, rape, and murder (and all of
the usual lesser versions of those kinds of crimes).
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I see.
Well...
Taking on Larry’s sentence some while ago, if all rights are property rights,
can’t you reduce common law to law against theft, and then extend it to all
conflicts of interests where one party gets harmed? (I’m not saying it is so,
I’m asking if this could be implied)
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The parental role of the government isn’t necessarily bad.
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True, but that has nothing to do with my civil liberties or the greater
concept of freedom. I absolutely demand the right to do things that might be
expensive, harmful, stupid, etc. as a matter of right.
If I choose to ride a motorcycle without a helmet that is my business. Just
as it is my business when I crack my head like an egg against the pavement.
My rights. My death. My way.
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Your blood on the pavement, road blocked for cleaning purposes, several people
delayed in their journeys - and since time is money, you’d be stealing after
you’d be dead!
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I demand the right to swing my fist right to the tip of your nose.
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And I demand the right to move my head forward without you expecting it - if you
hit me then, will you have done something wrong for not antecipating I could
move towards you non-agressively?
Pedro
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