[WikiEN-l] Arbcom has completely lost its mind

[Philip Welch]

On Feb 17, 2006, at 4:03 PM, BJörn Lindqvist wrote:

> IANAL: In conventional IRL law you usually do not talk about rights.

I don't know where you live, but that's definitely *not* the case in,  
say, the United States. In the United States, rights are a very  
important part of law. In fact, the United States was founded based  
upon the philosophical foundation that the *purpose* of law is to  
protect people's rights. That's why the US Constitution has a "Bill  
of Rights" that state, in no uncertain terms, that people have  
certain rights that the government may not infringe upon. Most cases  
that make it to the Supreme Court are concerned with what rights  
people have and how those rights conflict or interact.

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Philip L. Welch
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