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Old 12-11-2007, 11:15 PM   #195
classicman
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Originally Posted by Radar View Post
A right is the exact opposite of a privilege. ~snip~ If you disagree with any part of anything I've said, you are a fucking blithering idiot.
I think this was from WIKI - I was doing investigating and forgot - sorry.

A privilege—etymologically "private law" or law relating to a specific individual—is a special entitlement or immunity granted by a government or other authority to a restricted group, either by birth or on a conditional basis. A privilege can be revoked in some cases. In modern democracies, a privilege is conditional and granted only after birth. By contrast, a right is an inherent, irrevocable entitlement held by all citizens or all human beings from birth.

Juat a little fuel for the fire. I am torn by this whole discussion - I was sure and now I'm vascillating on a workable definition.

Last edited by classicman; 12-11-2007 at 11:54 PM.
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