To: Rarebird who wrote (636 ) 8/14/2004 5:19:41 PM From: Wildstar Read Replies (1) | Respond to Wildstar, you are a major big time Libertarian Abstraction. Or, maybe you are just a typical lazy Libertarian thinker. Or, perhaps you are just a Misanthrope. Anyway, please accept my apologies for not responding to your post right away... Firstly, I am well aware of your abstract inhumane Libertarian position: I know that at its core (from your putrid Libertarian point of view) a right is a claim of entitlement to something that others have an obligation to protect or provide. Invoking a right pressupposes from this Libertarian viewpoint that others have a duty to protect it. A right can only exist when an obligation is imposed to protect it. To have a right to something from this Libertarian plastic world, is to be the directly intended beneficiary of someone else's performance of a good providing duty. positive right is one that requires the labor of someone else; a negative right does not. A negative right, such as the right to life, speech, religion, and property can be respected by simply leaving others alone. You are no wildstar in reality, Wildstar. Stars shine and move unhindered, but you are dark and immovable. You are wrapped up in your very narrow closed dogmatic libertarian point of view. I advise you to go beyond your so-called Holy Libertarian Point of View into the Nothingness of the Night and Suspend your opinions and judge your views for a change. It is much easier to judge others than oneself. Generally, a moral right is one that is stated in or derived from some moral theory. Now I did try to ground this moral right in Kant's categorical imperative and give you a concrete example here: Try Wildstar not to be so insensitive to the health plight of many Americans. I know you are hopeless or long gone. You sold your soul to Libertarianism a long long time ago. But, in contrast to you and most right wing extremist sickos, the USA still operates on the basis of compassion and mercy, which provides access to health care, but has not resolved how to pay for it. Personally, I like the Kerry plan which forces those who earn over 200K a year to fund the expense. Whether it will pass or nor depends on how many free spirited liberals are elected come November.
