@fresco,
DAVID wrote:personal freedom
fresco wrote:...involves "rights" AND "responsibilities".
Your posts are heavy on the former but tend to ignore the latter.
I deny your premise.
In
some cases rights
DO involve responsibilities, e.g., in a
bilateral contract;
quid pro quo.
Many rights have
no concomitant responsibilities.
I have many rights regarding which I have
no responsibilities.
For instance:
I have the right to express my opinion of diving for pearls,
or of a baseball team, but I have
no responsibility to do so.
I have the right to recite the alphabet,
but no responsibility to do so.
I have the right to eat my dessert,
but no responsibility to do so.
I have the right to vote in school board elections,
but no responsibility to do so. ( I have never done so.)
I have a right to listen to the music of my choice
from my records, but no responsibility to do so.
I can freely ignore those records; I ofen do.
I have the right to watch the sun set from my backyard,
but no responsibility to do so. In other words
:
I cannot be held to account for failing to execute that right.
There is no visible end to the list of rights that I have
devoid of any responsibility to do.
WHATAYATHINK of that ???????
David
