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Old 05.02.2006, 05:23 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by atari 2600
the rights that we have that shouldn't ever be able to be taken away are actually really just granted to us under certain conditions.

ah, but i disagree with you in this point: they were not granted-- they were taken. it took a war against the british empire (two wars actually: 1812 is often forgotten) to conquer the rights under the constitution. it took a civil war (though i am well aware abolition was not its original cause) to end slavery. it took a lot of social unrest to ripen the fruits of abolition. etc. etc. the social construct we call rights is always the result of a conquest-- the people taking power away from the elite.
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