Culture and Respect

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Meaning, that I do reserve the right to impose that view. It is my right, and its right to do so.
Who is to tell me that its wrong? Who has that authority? If you wish to make a point, do it by your might.
Actions speak louder than words, friend.

So are you saying 'ability to do' is the same thing as 'right'?

At least iwithin this context.

9.5 times out of ten, so far, that's exactly what he means.

Yes.

We have laws to protect the rights of the few against the howling, shit-throwing "might" of the many. But I don't expect you to understand or acknowledge that, based on prior conversations.

Well, you mean that there is a third party, the state, that enacts these laws. The state has the right to do this via the might of punishment. And it reserves this right by its might. Ordinary citizens do not have the right to dispense justice even if they form armed militias, and the state will come down upon those with its might, whether those who break the law, or those who take the law in their own hands.