RE: RE: On Rights, Responsibility, and Rhetoric
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RE: On Rights, Responsibility, and Rhetoric

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No, you don't have a "right" to a laptop because that DOES imply you are owed a laptop. This is why so many argue against calling health care a "right". To call a good or service a "right" implies that labor or wealth (which generally amounts to the same thing) must be extracted from someone else by force to provide it if necessary.

The 2nd amendment right to bear arms is not the same as a right to a gun. The first says that you may bear arms and no one can stop you, the second says that you must be provided arms. The first amendment right to free speech is not the same as the right to a printing press or even a pencil for the same reason.

While rights don't necessarily guarantee you access to tools or implements to exercise those rights, it's also true that no one can infringe on you rights by preventing you from obtaining those tools through the free exchange of goods.

@darth-cryptic: No, you don't | Ecency