[lit-ideas] Re: Paying taxes for months on end
- From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 00:22:16 -0400
John McCreery wrote:
"There is no semantic difference between powers and rights IN THIS
PARTICULAR LANGUAGE GAME, the one called legalese."
If one wants to understand what the word 'right' means in the sentence
'The police have the right to ...', insofar as the sentence refers to
the functioning of the police, then one turns to that which establishes
the police, i.e. government. And government is not a language game.
John: "The rest of us have gone astray because we persist in talking as
if this were a more general issue."
Correct. And acknowledging this is the first step in recovering from
that nasty habit.
Sincerely,
Phil Enns
Toronto, ON
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