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   Noah Sombrero to Dude   
   Re: Wer're good, thanks :)   
   12 Feb 26 16:20:47   
   
   From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:34:28 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >On 2/12/2026 9:51 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:24:42 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> It's a good thing the Americans got together with their amazing ethical   
   >>> universal human rights notions of a nation with freedom for all the   
   >>> lawful people!   
   >>>   
   >>> In the USA you have certain inalienable rights guaranteed by the US   
   >>> Constitution. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.   
   >>>   
   >>> We covered this in Third Grade, right after we memorized the Pledge of   
   >>> Allegiance.   
   >>>   
   >Source:   
   >   
   >   
   >>> It's just self evident, but teachers repeat this all the way through   
   >>> school and into Higher Education. It's required reading and on the test   
   >>> in order to get US citizenship. You must be able to read and write   
   >>> English to take the test, inside a court house with a lawyer and before   
   >>> a judge.   
   >>>   
   >>> "These rights are universal, applying to all individuals regardless of   
   >>> status, and are not granted by governments but are considered essential   
   >>> to human dignity and existence.   
   >>   
   >> "are not granted by governments"   
   >> Sorry, they are exactly that, or not.  And often not in various parts   
   >> of the world.   
   >>   
   >In an ideal world, everyone would have equal rights under the law. In   
   >nature, the law of self-preservation rules. But, a natural law is   
   >inherent in being human.   
      
   You are trying to say that everybody is like you.  The bad news is   
   some of us are simply not.   
      
   Some of us think it is their right to exploit others, make slaves of   
   others (wage or otherwise), dictate to others, and if there are   
   barriers in society to doing those things, they will search to find a   
   way regardless, because, you see it is their innate, inherent right as   
   superior beings they believe.   
      
   I invite you to do a little research on psychopathology, especially   
   the kinds of jobs where such people do best.   
      
   lawyer   
   politician   
   ceo   
   clergy   
   chef   
   civil service   
   salesman   
   police   
   psychologist   
   entertainers   
      
   among a number of others.   
      
   Here:   
   https://mindpsychiatrist.com/what-jobs-are-psychopaths-most-likely-to-have/   
      
   But there are many sources out there for information about this.   
      
   Jobs where the traits that come with their pathology serve them best   
   charm   
   ability to thrive under pressure   
   exceptional intelligence and competence   
      
   No joke.  The traits you find in yourself (if you do) are not by any   
   means universal.   
      
   >Everyone has the Buddha nature to become enlightened.   
   > >   
   >   
   >>> Key Aspects of Inalienable Rights:   
   >>> Definition: "Inalienable" means they cannot be given up or taken away.   
   >>   
   >> Any such right can be taken away by a so inclined government.   
   >>   
   >The enlightened state cannot be taken away because it is the natural   
   >state of being human.   
   >   
   >In Mahayana Buddhism, the Buddha taught that all sentient beings possess   
   >an innate, indestructible Buddha-nature - an inherent potential for   
   >enlightenment.   
   >   
   >Source:   
   >   
   >A Buddhist Bible: The Essential Scriptures   
   >by Dwight Goddard   
   >pp. 108-110   
   >   
   >https://tricycle.org/magazine/still-speaking/   
   > >   
   >   
   >>> Source: Handbook For New Immigrants to United States   
   >>   
   >> For the us, but not for palestine, syria, turkey, hungary, etc.   
   >>   
   >There are many legal immigrants in the US from Palestine and Syria.   
   >   
   >>> usa.gov/citizenship/requirements   
   --   
   Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain   
   Don't get political with me young man   
   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
   <<>> to <<>>   
   Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?   
   dares: Ned   
   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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