tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post6066994046485950703..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Judge Rules Monkey Cannot Own Selfie Photos CopyrightRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-66985776661064301262016-01-08T15:53:51.743-05:002016-01-08T15:53:51.743-05:00If that is really a good measure, then what is wro...If that is really a good measure, then what is wrong with saying: If Autistic people have rights, let them speak up and claim them. If the mentally retarded have rights, let them speak up and claim them. Should they be treated like somebody's horse or goat?Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011856643664793898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-68990054660473929132016-01-07T18:49:16.365-05:002016-01-07T18:49:16.365-05:00Re: Nick Badalamenti,
─Let's hope aliens don&...Re: Nick Badalamenti,<br /><br />─Let's hope aliens don't land and put us on leashes.─<br /><br />If they do land, I'll give them a list of people that deserve leashes.OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-18718926626184389762016-01-07T18:47:20.631-05:002016-01-07T18:47:20.631-05:00Re: The Peak Oil Poet,
─so the louder someone peti...Re: The Peak Oil Poet,<br />─so the louder someone petitions for their rights the more those rights should be recognised?─<br /><br />If someone PETITIONS for their rights, then that someone possesses rationality, which implies he or she has rights. Dumb animals don't petition.<br /><br />─seems to only work for those who "own" stuff under a legal system that best serves people ─<brOldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-85810616937860771292016-01-07T16:26:31.102-05:002016-01-07T16:26:31.102-05:00so the louder someone petitions for their rights t...so the louder someone petitions for their rights the more those rights should be recognised?<br /><br />seems to only work for those who "own" stuff under a legal system that best serves people who own stuff according to some squiggles on paper or numbers on some hard disks<br /><br />inherent in "free market" meme is the underlying adoption of Noachide Law<br /><br />what The Peak Oil Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689230374176801643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-5707173949588132852016-01-07T12:07:45.090-05:002016-01-07T12:07:45.090-05:00Who says the animals are not speaking up for their...Who says the animals are not speaking up for their rights? How many of you speak Macaque?Peter De Baetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897798280650546313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-60441998048791231252016-01-07T11:07:28.914-05:002016-01-07T11:07:28.914-05:00Murray Rothbard used to say that if the animals ha...Murray Rothbard used to say that if the animals have rights, let them speak up and claim them. I am paraphrasing, but I believe that is the gist of it. Rothbard also spoke of the alien question. TheCroatoanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08641157706390419637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10303890720913948152016-01-07T09:38:58.062-05:002016-01-07T09:38:58.062-05:00He mentioned when they petition, so likely sentien...He mentioned when they petition, so likely sentience is the line when it comes to these rights. Of course he's wrong to believe in copy "rights" for anything. <br /><br />It's funny that he says the owner of the physical properties gets the copy "right" here, those who question the existence of such rights maintain the same for all because clearly allowing ownership Matthew Swaringenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08555856888568858705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10921348890408540762016-01-07T06:21:03.178-05:002016-01-07T06:21:03.178-05:00"Second, like it or not, and I do like it, hu..."Second, like it or not, and I do like it, humans rule the planet. . Dogs don't have us walking around on leashes."<br /><br />Let's hope aliens don't land and put us on leashes. <br /><br />:)<br /><br />I keeeeeeed!<br /><br />(unless of course they are "hot" female aliens)Nick Badalamentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015961786370759940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-21496154887799020802016-01-07T06:16:25.811-05:002016-01-07T06:16:25.811-05:00Bob, I'm wondering what is the basis of the hu...Bob, I'm wondering what is the basis of the human-animal divide when it comes to rights, in this case libertarian conception of rights. Are you approaching this from a religious point of view where a god has created the moral nature of the universe and distinguished man from the animal world or is there some justification from a non religious point of view that is non arbitrary along the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com