CDR: Re: why should it be trusted?

[Riad S. Wahby]

Jim Choate <ravage at ssz.com> wrote:
> No dipshit, you have a right to TRY TO BE HAPPY.

Wrong, Jim.  Properly, it is 'you don't have a right to take positive
action which makes me unhappy.'

Thus, petro is correct; the government is taking positive action
("You!  You're too successful!  Pay for his health care.") that makes
me unhappy.  The other way, of course you can argue that the person
not getting health care is unhappy, but that is through a lack of
action on my part (== 'negative action') and is not covered under the
above.

I'll be quite entertained to see you try to make a case for a right to
happiness through both positive and negative action.

--
Riad Wahby
rsw at mit.edu
MIT VI-2/A 2002

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