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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: Greg or e who wrote (81684)11/12/2009 4:48:22 AM
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"If rights, (including the so called right to kill your unborn child "are merely agreements" then they are not "inalienable" as you claimed that they were."

The concept of rights is very complex. But recognizing inalienable rights through agreement does not repudiate them. There is a distinction between social/philosophical "right" and "legal" permission.

The right to kill your egg is a right of fundamental ownership of your life and your body. But it is only a legal/social "right" because we say it is...
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