Usenet fascism

[Steve Holden]

"Courageous" <jkraska at san.rr.com> wrote in message
news:kk186ugk4hpo7m0eca81bv2lm2d0smnjiv at 4ax.com...
>
> >1. Nobody or nothing gives you that right.
>
> That's the _one_ thing you're mistaken about. I can
> entertain the idea of everything else you said, but
> the notion that people don't have the right to do this
> is just plain wrong. Plainly is the right not only held,
> but it can be exercised.
>
I suspect you are confusing rights and abilities.

If we are talking, and I am carrying a gun when something you say gets up my
nose, I have the ability to shoot you in the head just to make you feel
sorry you uttered inflammatory words.

I don't have the *right* to do that, however. Most civilized countries would
have some legal sanction if I exercised that ability.

not-that-you'd-be-any-less-dead-ly y'rs  - steve
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