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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi

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To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (7992)2/23/1998 7:19:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (1) of 71178
 
I've always wondered about the term "inalienable right" What is that? Anything can be (and has) been denied or withdrawn from people, including the minimal privilege of being born. (I'm not talking about should here. This isn't about ethics, but about irreducible concreta.) So I'm left to conclude that all we have, and I mean all - life, breath, dinner&a nap in a dry place- we have at the mercy of those around us. A million years ago, that meant that the local leopard was fed.
The idea of an inalienable right seems so plasticky to me. All ethical grace can be deconstructed. Is there anything - anything at all, excepting imponderables like spirit, which is truly mine? Heavy thoughts in pursuit of the Odometer Post.
This isn't it, but it is a palindrome! And a handsome one at taht.
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