Microsoft Hatred FAQ

[David Schwartz]

"Mike Meyer" <mwm at mired.org> wrote in message 
news:86irvo861u.fsf at bhuda.mired.org...

> David claimed that everyone had a right to do whatever they wanted
> with their property. This is simply false throughout most of the
> civilized world - zoning laws control what kinds of business you can
> run on your property, various laws designed to control the looks of
> the town dictate what you can do to the exterior or lawn, flood and
> earthquake laws state what kinds of structural changes you can make,
> and so on. I took the view of a political extremist to point out that
> he was wrong. David predictably used that to tar me as an extremist
> from the other end of the spectrum.

    Here's a question for you, Mike. Presumably, you have the right not to 
be shot for no reason at all. Does that right act as a bulletproof vest that 
actually physically prevents me from shooting you? If I argued that a person 
had a right not to be shot for no reason at all by a random stranger, would 
you point out that such shootings occur throughout the civilized world as 
some kind of refutation?

    The way you respond to what I'm saying shows that you really don't have 
any clue whatsoever of what the words I'm using *mean*. Do you even know 
what a "right" is? (Such that, for example, it's possible for rogue 
governments to violate the rights of their citizens even if those 
governments don't recognize those rights.)

    DS