On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, comex wrote: > Googling 'rights and privileges', one of the websites that comes up > contrasts the right of life or liberty with the privilege of driving a > car. Assume that a teenager does not have the privilege of driving > his car, and MAY NOT and CANNOT do it (he doesn't have access to the > keys, for example). If he gained the ability to do it (found the > keys), but was still forbidden to do it, we wouldn't say that he had > gained the privilege of driving his car; nor would we in the more > bizarre situation that he became allowed to do it but remained unable > to. We would only say that he has the privilege of driving his car if > he MAY and CAN do so.
That's absurd. I couldn't find my keys for a bit this morning. Does that mean my missing keys revoked my privilege? Practical blockages have little to do with what is granted by law. -Goethe
