From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Mon, 17 Mar 2025, Richmond wrote:   
      
   >> The history of the world over the last 250 or so years displays this   
   >> truth adequately. You don't need to go back 2,000 years to   
   >> Spartacus. We live post-Enlightenment. And we honour the memory of the   
   >> leaders of the struggles.   
   >>   
   >   
   > If you live in the USA the constitution says you have a right to this or   
   > that. So the right is given to you by the government. And upheld by law   
   > enforcement. But rights are idealistic in the sense that each ones right   
   > is anothers restriction. And they are subject to practical matters, like   
   > the right to own property doesn't stop you being robbed.   
      
   Add to that the fascinating questions of, which rights are good? Which ones are   
   bad? What are they? And where do they come from? And how should we decide which   
   rights to adopt and which rights to reject?   
      
   Lots of interesting stuff there!   
      
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