Re:Man kicked off flight by pilot for wearing anti-TSA shirt
by robotresearcher on Wednesday August 22, 2012 @06:32PM
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Should airline travel be available to all, irrespective of their ability to pay? If not, then it can't be a right, since rights can not be denied based on ability to pay.
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Re:Man kicked off flight by pilot for wearing anti-TSA shirt
by mindslight on Wednesday August 22, 2012 @06:41PM
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Okay, kindly perform whatever formalization is necessary to interpret my statement in your alluded-to framework (factor out payment, s/right/unrestriction/, $whatever), then get back to me.
Re:Man kicked off flight by pilot for wearing anti-TSA shirt
by ebrenes on Thursday August 23, 2012 @01:09PM
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If I don't pay for food, I die. If I don't pay for medicines, I die.
Does this then imply I don't have a right to live, because "rights cannot be denied based on the ability to pay"? That I don't have a right to property, because if I don't pay my debts my belongings can be confiscated and sold at auction?
I have a right to appoint my own counsel, but the government won't pay for the counsel I appoint. In order to use that right I have to be able to afford the lawyer I want.
US citizens have a right to run for elected office, but clearly that's not provided free of charge!
Rights are not irrespective or independent of my ability to pay. And if something is a right does not mean I get it for free.