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Re:Do You Have the Right to Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawye... by ABCLAW on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @12:36PM (#16169903)
You walk into my house. I have the right to compel you to leave. You try to stab me. I have the right to compel you to stop with reasonable force. You arbitrarily try to deny my passport application because you don't like my face. I get a Writ of Mandamus issued against you and compel you to do your job. We enter into an agreement which you breach. I obtain an order mandating specific performance and compel you to personally do what we agreed upon. You're wanted for arrest and I'm a peace officer. I compel you to come down to the station.

I can go on all day.

The poster above you does not understand what a 'right' is and is trying to make a point about positive vs negative rights, but doesn't actually understand the distinction.

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Re:Do You Have the Right to Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawye... by lolsal on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @01:29PM (#16170397)
You just listed a bunch of examples where people are legally compelled to do something, which I mentioned.

> The poster above you does not understand what a 'right' is and is trying to make a point about positive vs negative rights, but doesn't actually understand the distinction.

Ok. Nice talking with you. Have a good day.

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Re:Do You Have the Right to Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawye... by ABCLAW on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @06:01PM (#16172902)
I know you mentioned it - you just weren't correct. Hope the clarification was helpful. Here's some additional reading if you're interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_and_positive_rights
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