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Environment & Energy

OKIsItJustMe

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2. It's my right to pollute and hurt myself - but not others

Reply to SarahD (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2024, 11:28 PM

May 2024

If your actions hurt others (by polluting their air, by encouraging “global warming” etc.) then you have exceeded your rights.

Let’s step outside the question of global warming for a moment. Do you have a right to burn down your own house? (Perhaps.) But, if the flames from your house spread to mine we’ve got a problem.

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