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From: wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM (Mitch Bradley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Right to Complain
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Date: 28 Jan 91 00:54:53 GMT
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Reply-To: Mitch Bradley <wmb%MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM@SCFVM.GSFC.NASA.GOV>
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> I do not think the "right to complain" needs to be "earned."

True.  However, the right to be taken seriously does need to be earned.

Even if this "right to be taken seriously" is the "default state", it
may be possible to forfeit the right; remember the old "cry wolf" story?

Mitch