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by rovolo 1837 days ago
I think that you're missing the point of the comment you're responding to. Here are some similar statements:

"Permission is only a concept that exists within an Authorization scheme"

"Legal and Illegal are only concepts which exist within a Legal framework"

"Simultaneity is only a concept that exists within a shared reference frame"

They are saying that societal rights are actions a society says it's okay with. You are saying that rights are actions you can take without consequence (I'll call this 'effective right'). Those are different concepts, and you're asserting that "effective rights" is the correct definition of "rights". The different definitions say different things:

- You have the effective right to do something -> no-one will stop you. This can be a vacuous statement if there's no-one around.

- You have the societal right to do something -> the people around you will tolerate your action.