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SlipperySlope

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Thu Apr-19-07 05:34 PM
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94. "absolute rights"

Edited on Thu Apr-19-07 05:35 PM by SlipperySlope

There are no absolute rights at all.

Your right to free speech is constrained by laws against slander.
Your right to freedom of religion doesn't entitle you to perform virgin sacrifice.
Even your right to life can be extinguished using the death penalty.

I think even the most passionate firearms advocate would agree with your, that there is no "absolute" individual right.

There is, however, an individual right. And that is where the debate lies.

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