From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/12/2026 1:32 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   > On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:55:22 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/12/2026 11:17 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:05:45 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>>>> Tyrannosaurus rex did not think it was entitled to anything except   
   >>>>>>> dinner if it were able to catch it.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> So much of the discourse from the left is pretending not to understand   
   >>>>>> opposing viewpoints and deliberate misrepresentation. As a tactic this   
   >>>>>> makes honest discussion impossible.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Refusing to accept is not pretending to not understand.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> It's a debate. You have not made your point. You are either free or you   
   >>>> are bound. If bound, by what means can you free yourself?   
   >>>   
   >>> Neither of us has made his point, nor will we.   
   >>>   
   >>> Certainly, and I have a right to tell you it is a worthless tactic.   
   >>>   
   >> So, you have rights. Where do you get your rights?   
   >   
   > Granted by governments.  Not inherent to me or universal.  I am so   
   > lucky.   
   >   
   Following your logic: You have no innate right to life; your life, or   
   not, belongs to the State. The State owns your life, they can decide who   
   lives or dies. You have no rights other than what the King allows.   
      
   Conclusion: Abort!   
      
   Now, does that make any sense?   
    >   
      
   >>>   
   >>> If you have nothing new to say, don't say it.   
   >>>   
   >> That's what I'm saying.   
   >>>   
   >>> I have a right to say those things.   
   >>>   
   >> By what right?   
   >>>   
   >>   You have a right to continue making my point.   
   >>>   
   >> You have a right to remain silent about human rights. But, where I come   
   >> from, silence usually indicates agreement.   
   >>   
   >> What, exactly, is the solution to the three-body problem?   
   >>   
   >> What's your point?   
   >>   
   >> Tyrannosaurus Rex had territorial rights by being T. Rex. But, that's   
   >> just two bodies, Rex and planet earth. You forgot to mention entropy.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>>> It's a natural human right, otherwise you're racist.   
   >>>>   
      
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