"Andrew Oakley" wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 18:50:44 +0900, "Brenda Ann"
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"Andrew Oakley" wrote in message
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It's only a RIGHT if there are laws to back it up, such as a
Constitution or a Bill/Act of Parliament/Congress.
Actually, rights are given by birth [God given], Freedom is the ability
to
act upon those rights.

Ah, now I understand where I'm having trouble understanding this
conversation. Am I right in now thinking that Cuhilin and yourself see
this as a religious issue?

In the UK there is a theoretical seperation of church and state
(although strictly speaking the Church of England is part of the
government, and funded through taxes). Therefore the concept of any
right being "god-given" would be an abuse of politics, since it is
generally frowned upon to mix religion and democratic politics (we do
have a meritocratic parliamentary body called the House of Lords which
does include Church of England Bishops though).

Religion aside - is there actually a section in the US constitution
that states that a person has a LEGAL right to listen to any
transmission?

That's what I though Cuhilin was talking about, and that struck me as
odd; it would have all kinds of consequences regarding the
legalisation of hacking.


I put the 'God given' in brackets because it's a common phrase used to
denote something that we are given as a birthright.