fredmertz
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Except people CAN forbid you to breathe. Further, in the real world there are situations in which it can be justified to do so. So right, again, doesn't exist concretely.
Simply because a right can be forbidden physically and even perhaps justifiably does not mean that it does not concretely exist. It simply means that it concretely exists in some situations and not others.
To which you respond about the state arbitrarily making such a decision, ergo not concrete. To which I explain that you have said rights (as listed in the constitution) so long as your rights do not directly impede another of practicing his rights.
You will undoubtedly be able to come up with gray areas. I know I can. But finding gray areas of rights is not conclusive evidence against the areas which are black and white.
You can stop pounding the table with this idea that rights aren't concrete because of the fact that in some situation, a right must be sacrificed to protect itself or other rights. That's just natural order.