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To: one_less who wrote (79341)	12/1/2003 8:15:12 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) of 82486

Your moral obligations as to right and wrong actions have nothing to do with the concept of rights and freedoms. "Rights" require an entity to possess them and to have the capacity for gain or loss. Don't confuse moral (right) action with the possession of intrinsic natural entitlement. A rock cannot act right or wrong, morally or immorally. Thus, it cannot represent a moral position. It cannot be treated either good or bad. As I said...pee and milk and heavy cream are all the same... It cannot gain; it cannot lose. It has no rights. People can act to help or to hurt. But they don't hurt rocks and they don't hurt rivers, and they don't hurt zinc. They help or hurt other sentient Beings whom have awareness and preference. It is strange to speak of rights where action makes no difference. My cell phone has a right to what? To a feather pillow? To ice cubes with ginger and spiders?

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