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on the human concept of "right."
So many things to so many people. So many things to the *SAME* people.
1) Right can mean correct, as in what one ought to do.
2) Right can also mean some ability or state existence that is guaranteed by some agency capable of doing so.
These are distinct ways I've seen the words used, but there are numerous variations of each. I think, however, these two main usages are somehow related, but I can't think how at the moment.
I'm reminded of a poem I once read in a high school textbook
(author is anonymous if I recall)
This is the grave of Mike O'Day
who died maintaining his right of way.
His right was clear, his will was strong,
but he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong.
I could drone on, but I'll leave it at this for now.
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