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From: simard@loral.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Rent control, etc (followup).
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Date: Thu, 17-May-84 09:16:50 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 17 09:16:50 1984
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The writer's points are well taken.  In the interest of brevity (what brevity
could be salvaged, anyway) and to keep on the point, I rather glossed over
the issue of what rights we DO have.

I was implying, perhaps illucidly,
that I agree with the framers of the Declaration of Independence that
as human beings, we should enjoy without *deliberate human interference,
the freedoms I mentioned, acts of nature and irresponsible human
behavior notwithstanding.  I am certainly aware that these rights
are denied more often than extended, but considering the context of human
history, we are perhaps progressing as a species more impressively than
it sometimes appears (and perhaps not).

At any rate, my main intent was to distinguish between inherent human
rights (observed or not) and rights to material goods.

Ray Simard
Loral Instrumentation