Re:European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private...
by WalterBright on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @11:25PM
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If governments bestow rights, then the citizens have no business revolting against an oppressive government.
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Re:European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private...
by dredmorbius on Friday July 09, 2021 @11:50AM
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Governments bestow, enforce, and adjudicate legal rights.
There may well be other types of rights that are being discussed here, and much of the confusion in discussions of rights seems to revolve around disagreement on those definitions. It becomes something of a mott-and-bailey tactic, or one of terms expressed and understood quite differently by participants.
Re:European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private...
by ben_w on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @04:22AM
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I would instead say they have no right to revolt rather than no business revolting — their business is to give themselves rights.
Re:European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private...
by imtringued on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @03:46AM
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Because the government would never bestow them with the right to overthrow it?