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Re:Should Rivers Have Same Legal Rights as Humans? Growing N... by tathougies on Monday August 05, 2019 @02:57AM (#20611889)
I never said they wanted land to be a separate entity but rather they sought to take into account geographic interests and not just individual ones when writing the constitution
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Re:Should Rivers Have Same Legal Rights as Humans? Growing N... by smt88 on Monday August 05, 2019 @03:17AM (#20611972)
Agreed, but "geographic interests" was an economic distinction. I don't see how it has any relationship to the original article, which is about giving rights to literal pieces of the Earth.
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Re:Should Rivers Have Same Legal Rights as Humans? Growing N... by tathougies on Monday August 05, 2019 @08:05PM (#20620653)
Because the first step in the law recognizing something has rights is first realizing they have interests to be protected.
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