From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/13/2026 9:54 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   > On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:33:29 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Unless the state grants otherwise.   
   >   
   >> The State owns your life, they can decide who   
   >> lives or dies. You have no rights other than what the King allows.   
   >   
   > In some cases.  King edware viii wives certainly found it to be so.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Conclusion: Abort!   
   >>   
   >> Now, does that make any sense?   
   >   
   > No, but it does make reality.   
   > That's why we live in America. Here we have human rights and are free to   
   prosper, or not.   
      
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