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hetman on Jan 12, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: This photograph is free

The right is not the same thing as the ability. Since rights are enforced by a civil authority, it would suggest to me the only "natural" rights are the ones granted by said authority.

dchest on Jan 12, 2012 [–]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_and_legal_rights

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