# What rights should people have, and why? (and what the hey, how to balance them)

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**Created:** [June 17, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rights-should-people-have-and-why-and-what-the-hey-how-to-balance-them/966405 "2022-06-17T21:45:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rights-should-people-have-and-why-and-what-the-hey-how-to-balance-them/966405/74 "2022-06-30T15:17:32Z")

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> [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> I don’t have the book in front of me, I took it from the library and have returned it. But you are in any case apparently expecting a quote of several hundred pages’ worth of argument. Maybe someone who is in possession of the book can sort you out a short bit of example that can show you that you’re making unwarranted assumptions both about the book, and about prehistorical societies.

Lack of capacity to summarize an argument does not an argument make, nor an excuse.

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