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Originally Posted by prosequence
The right given to you by men, who also once gave you the right to own slaves manufacture and buy assault weapons, dissalowed women to vote until appr 1920... anyway, if it's a written law, why not? Sure I'll say you have the right .... as long as you are cool with me having the equal right (as I load my gun... hehe).
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I think a review of SecretMethod's posting of the definition of "Right" is in order:
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A power, priviledge, faculty, or demand inherent in one person and incident upon another. Generally defined as 'powers of free action.' Something that you have the sovereign authority to do because there is no higher authority to get permission from.
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By definition (or at least this one) a "right" is not given by men, God, or anyone else - it is inherent by its very nature; there is no one to ask permission of or have the "right" granted by.
Think of it this way: Everyone has the "right" to do
anything and
everything that they have the
power to accomplish. Man's laws, God's laws, ethics, morals, etc. are imposed to
restrict rights - not
grant them.
In this context, it becomes a question of "Is taking your own life:
Ethically
Morally
Religiously
Legally
- or -
Otherwise
restricted or withdrawn?" More of an "Is it right?" than "Do I have the right" argument. To oppose it, you must identify what grounds your objection stems from.