(July 2, 2014 at 2:54 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(July 2, 2014 at 12:54 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: And yes, I'm sorry to tell you that a right is something that you can waive. That's the point of a right. Nobody else can take it from you, but you can choose not to exercise it. People do it all the time, for example a right to an attorney (self representation), miranda rights, right to privacy (they can be as explicit about their personal lives as they want, its just the government can't force them to).Choosing not to exercise a right is not the same as waiving it. I'll agree that we do use the phrase "waived their right" but I don't think it means the same in context, with say...waiving ones rights over ones self (as per slavery). Implicit in that arrangement is that you cannot just "take it back", you haven't truly "waived" it, if you could. You simply chose not to exercise it for some given period(it's still there if you can claim self propriety at some future point). Who would buy such a slave? Not me. They're selling a bill of goods.
I'm not talking about slavery. I'm talking about a profession that has a set of standards that any entrant into that profession has taken an oath to uphold.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson