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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica?

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To: D_I_R_T who wrote (4305)2/2/1998 11:48:00 PM
From: Dean Wilson   of 20981
 
Michael, you wrote:

<<So I can drive around my local neighborhood at 100 MPH and claim it is my individual right?>>

Your example shows how important it is to define an 'individual right'.

<<At some point the common good has to come before individual rights.>>

Not necessarily. Suppose 'individual rights' are those which when exercised legitimately and consistently ARE the common good.

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