Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1a 12/4/83; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!guy From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: A FINAL WORD or two ON SPEEDING, etc. Message-ID: <1677@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 17:54:06 EST Article-I.D.: rlgvax.1677 Posted: Tue Feb 7 17:54:06 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 22:37:30 EST References: <534@pyuxa.UUCP> <476@axiom.UUCP> Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 14 > You are absolutely correct... except that having a licence is a > PRIVILEGE not a RIGHT. You have no RIGHT to use the roads, just a > PRIVILEGE. And, when you abuse that PRIVILEGE, you get it revoked. > Just as voting is a DUTY, not a RIGHT. This analogy is false. The presumption of the law is that driving is a privilege, not a right; however, there is no presumption that voting is a duty in the U.S.. Other countries do impose a penalty for not voting, but the U.S. does not. So "voting is a duty" is a statement of personal opinion, while "driving is a privilege" is a statement of fact about the law. Guy Harris {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy