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[at-l] First Amendment was RE: Community Spirit
- Subject: [at-l] First Amendment was RE: Community Spirit
- From: mfuller@somtel.com (Malcolm Fuller)
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:00:16 -0500
- References: <mailman.1011705528.15111.at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> I had to comment (I've got a big mouth and I'm doing a
> library display on the Bill of Rights). But no-one has
> an absolute right to anything. God given on not. Life?
> Ask those in the Twin Towers. Liberty? Ask those in
> prison. Happiness? Maybe since you can have some happiness
> anywhere and under any conditions IF YOU WANT IT!
A right is something to which one has a just claim. It
is not to be confused with power. Your rights as a human
being exist regardless of whether others choose to recognize
them.
-MF