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To: James Seagrove who wrote (136153)10/19/2017 7:27:10 AM
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It is a simplistic statement that needs much more elaboration to draw a conclusion on the validity of her thinking. On the surface though, it looks like bunk.

As it is impossible not to "deny" individual rights. Everything we do, even on an individual level, impacts the lives of those around us. Every "right" that an individual exercises impedes someone else from excising one or more their "rights". For example, the right to smoke versus the right to breath clean air. So the goal should not be to try and protect individual rights without fail (a totally ridiculous and impossible goal), but instead to create a society that balances everybody's rights as fairly and as much as possible. In order to do this, some peoples rights must be restricted in order to "make space" so that others can exercise their rights.

So the problem is not with laws that restrict some individuals freedom, but rather with laws that restrict some individuals freedom but don't increase freedom in the society as a whole. For example: most people agree, that an individuals right to commit violent acts against others should be restricted because has a net negative impact on the overall freedom of the society. So the society agrees that the rights of violent individuals must be taken away and not defended.

Of course, that is an extreme example, many are not so easy to weigh. Like for example abortion. A women's right not to have her life/rights impacted from being forced to birth an unwanted child versus the rights of the fetus. Its not so clear cut at all how to balance the rights there...
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