tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post113961010043718083..comments2023-10-24T08:33:10.354-04:00Comments on Reformed Leftist (& Friends): Can Medicine, Housing, etc. be "rights"?Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1139682034593007932006-02-11T13:20:00.000-05:002006-02-11T13:20:00.000-05:00Tom: The free speach strictures demanded by Bill O...Tom: The free speach strictures demanded by Bill O'Reilly, Jessee Jackson, and the Taliban interfere with the "right" of you and me to engage in mutually agreed upon conduct that neither requires efforts nor materials from others, nor interferes with their own capacity to enter into such interactive behavior amongst themselves.<BR/><BR/>Bill O'Reilly urges Colorado voters to demand that their Paul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1139676854757356572006-02-11T11:54:00.000-05:002006-02-11T11:54:00.000-05:00Tom: People have the capacity to speak; "god" gave...Tom: People have the capacity to speak; "god" gave them this capacity. In order to speak, they need nothing from anybody else. That's why philosophers call it a "natural right", and it is these rights that the founders decided that their government would be the first ever (known to them) to not curtail. The "right" to a house that somebody else builds and pays for, or medicine that somebody else Paul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1139674275169465612006-02-11T11:11:00.000-05:002006-02-11T11:11:00.000-05:00Tom: The right to travel freely does not inherentl...Tom: The right to travel freely does not inherently require the efforts and materials of other people. Other citizens and I might vote to tax all citizens, and use some of the money to create roads. Or, we might not. Not having roads created by tax dollars would not stop me from walking up Bareback Mountain with Nadir's dad, provided that the owner of the mountain gave us permission.<BR/><BR/>NowPaul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1139668987225802452006-02-11T09:43:00.000-05:002006-02-11T09:43:00.000-05:00You demand the right to travel freely, but forget ...You demand the right to travel freely, but forget the literally trillions of dollars that have gone into creating and maintaining the highway system, surely (whatever else it is) a giant subsidy to the global car industry. (I love it when people say Amtrak isn't efficient, because it loses money despite the pittance it draws from the government. Ever wonder what would happen to the car industry Tom Philpotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628086253733653673noreply@blogger.com