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Old May 18, 2009 | 2:16 pm
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jkhuggins
 
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Originally Posted by TSORon
No one can take your rights away from you (except a court), unless you willingly give them up.
Bull.

Someone shoots me in the chest and kills me. My right to life has been taken away from me without my consent. Sure, maybe I should've been wearing a bulletproof vest when I went down to the market to buy a gallon of milk. But I didn't willingly "give up my rights" by leaving my house without a flak jacket.

Someone breaks into my house and steals my TV. My property rights have been taken from me without my consent. Sure, maybe I should've hired a full-tme security guard to patrol the house. But I didn't willingly "give up my rights" by deciding not to hire a guard.

My boss fires me because my skin isn't the same color as his. My civil rights have been taken away from me without my consent. Sure, I could always file suit in court, claiming discrimination. But my failure to do so doesn't mean that my rights weren't violated in the first place.
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