<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 at 09:10, spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_-3399887287971077896WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>….</b>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat<br><br><b><u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>>…</b> In fact, if their membership didn’t have its share of those, I’d seriously there was something weird about NRA members — over and above the ‘normal’ stuff I’d expect from any Right wing group…<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dan by identifying the NRA as a right-wing group when its clearly-defined goal is to protect gun rights, equates rights-wing with right wing. That implies that left wing is anti-rights wing. The 2<sup>nd</sup> amendment is a right, which predated the US Constitution and government. It is not subject to negotiations or re-thinking. The US right wing does not own civil rights.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>>… (A close friend opines that this is because Baldwin isn’t well liked for his support of Woody Allen in the later’s sex scandal. …Regards, Dan <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">That’s the first I ever heard that the Woodster had a sex scandal. Was that something about he married is niece or something? I heard she wasn’t a genetic relative, and besides that, Woody’s comedy schtick was really all about his sexual dysfunction, so I wouldn’ta followed that anyway.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The reason why there is burning animosity toward Baldwin is because of his Twitter commentary against the NRA and his comment that the 2<sup>nd</sup> amendment was a law that should be rethought. Rights are not laws. They pre-date law. Rights are not negotiable, which is why the Constitution has those right up front, not as permissions but as acknowledgment of rights.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">It is dangerous indeed to imply that the Bill of Rights can be rethought or legally infringed.</p></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You do realise that “rights” are human inventions, just like laws and morals are?</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_-3399887287971077896WordSection1"><div><p class="MsoNormal" dir="auto"></p></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Stathis Papaioannou</div>