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To: Bill who wrote (86935)	11/18/2004 10:23:40 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (2) of 793731

The answer is much simpler than prostitution or incest. "Simple dislike" is a rather understated and oversimplified waving off of cultural norms. We don't allow people to walk down the street buck naked. It doesn't violate anyone's rights, but it is socially unacceptable. We don't allow many things that would be considered nuisances because of social norms, or "simple dislike". "Getting along" in society entails more than a simplistic "don't violate my rights" slogan. What are one's rights? That has been a PhD mill for nigh on 400 years now. Are rights positive, or negative, or both? It doesn't resolve any questions. Libertarians and Randians will say that rights are negative, and corrollary to one's property interest in one's own life. It goes downhill into murky darkness after that. Derek

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