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Re:EU recognizes Internet access as a fundamental right, on ... by byrneseyeview on Sunday May 10, 2009 @06:56PM (#602638)
The only exception would be a positive right to something previously unowned. For example, you could have a right to own any island you discover, without violating someone else's preexisting claim.

But if you have a right to be fed, it violates someone else's right to the food they own; if you have a right to medical care, nurses and doctors don't own their own time, etc.

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Re:EU recognizes Internet access as a fundamental right, on ... by nopassrecover on Wednesday May 13, 2009 @07:36PM (#607904)
This point seems misguided. Your right to medical care doesn't force nurses and doctors to become nurses and doctors - on the contrary it enables their right to a job if that is their chosen career path.
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