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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DMaA who wrote (12366)	7/20/2001 5:55:13 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

I distinguished between natural and legal rights. I am using words in their accepted meaning...... Main Entry: 2right Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English riht, from riht, adjective Date: before 12th century 1 : qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval 2 : something to which one has a just claim: as a : the power or privilege to which one is justly entitled b (1) : the interest that one has in a piece of property -- often used in plural <mineral rights> (2) plural : the property interest possessed under law or custom and agreement in an intangible thing especially of a literary and artistic nature <film rights of the novel> 3 : something that one may properly claim as due 4 : the cause of truth or justice 5 a : RIGHT HAND 1a; also : a blow struck with this hand <gave him a hard right on the jaw> b : the location or direction of the right side <woods on his right> c : the part on the right side d : RIGHT FIELD 6 a : the true account or correct interpretation b : the quality or state of being factually correct 7 often capitalized a : the part of a legislative chamber located to the right of the presiding officer b : the members of a continental European legislative body occupying the right as a result of holding more conservative political views than other members 8 a often capitalized : individuals sometimes professing opposition to change in the established order and favoring traditional attitudes and practices and sometimes advocating the forced establishment of an authoritarian order (as in government) b often capitalized : a conservative position 9 a : a privilege given stockholders to subscribe pro rata to a new issue of securities generally below market price b : the negotiable certificate evidencing such privilege -- usually used in plural - right·most /-"mOst/ adjective - by rights : with reason or justice : PROPERLY - in one's own right : by virtue of one's own qualifications or properties - of right 1 : as an absolute right 2 : legally or morally exactable - to rights : into proper order britannica.com