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I would wager that it was this bit: "it's the sort of cynicism that leads to [...] making sure your rights are respected"

• sarciszewski 12y ago
  Er, okay, what's wrong with that statement?
  • iwouldwager 12y ago
    What you describe is doing everything you can in order to try to avoid a situation in which you might be required to flex your rights. How can you describe it as a strategy for "making sure your rights are respected"? It is on its face an attempt to make the question of whether you have rights or not a no-impact detail.
    • sarciszewski 12y ago
      > What you describe is doing everything you can in order to try to avoid a situation in which you might be required to flex your rights. I like to think of it as maintaining a preemptive strategy. I don't like this, but the world we live in is unfair and full of assholes who don't play by their own rules. > How can you describe it as a strategy for "making sure your rights are respected"? A man who faces no wars carries no battle scars. > It is on its face an attempt to make the question of whether you have rights or not a no-impact detail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWiBt-pqp0E#t=256 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWiBt-pqp0E#t=256