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Old 04-18-2007, 06:28 PM
mosdef mosdef is offline
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Default Re: Gun accidents? Guns are dangrous?

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No, there doesn't. Just don't interact with people that have views you don't like. If they try to forcibly interact with you THEN you certainly have a case for arbitration.

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This is the problem with your supposed "solution". You can't ignore the impact your actions are having on other people or their claims that you are violating their rights. You don't get to decide a priori that their rights aren't being violated by your actions.

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Wait, and actual violation of rights is no worse than a "feeling" of rights being violated?

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You are defining an "actual" violation of rights based on your decision as to what my rights are. I say that you don't get to decide for me what my rights are.

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Utilitarian calculus leads to oppression, invariably.

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Yes, I agree with this. I don't know how you made the jump from "the need for arbitration of definition of rights" to "a central authority defines rights for everyone". In fact, when you make the declaration that you are not violating my rights, rather than appealing to democratic rule for arbitration, you acting as the most centralized ruling authority possible - a dictator.
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