Xanthippa's Chamberpot

It is important – when embarking upon a long and convoluted description of something – to make sure that everyone following the discussion has a common understanding of what is being discussed.  This may sound fatuous, but – it is very common for people to use one word in several ways, to have a very different understanding of a principle or concept from what the speaker has.  Such a discussion will not be productive…

So, I would like to start by explaining what I mean by some of the words and concepts which I plan to bring into focus.

This post will continue to be updated as more posts are added.

Freedoms vs. Accomodations

Absolute freedom and the necessity to accomodate others if we wish to interact with them.  ‘Free Speech’ is the means by which we can arrive at a workable balance.

What does ‘Freedom of Speech’ mean?

This is just a clarification of what is meant by these words in the context of this discussion.

The origin and nature of human rights

This most excellent YouTube video (1st of 5-part series) by StopAndLook.  It contrasts the view that rights are inherent to the individual vs the view that rights are given to people by the state.  This results in very different attitudes (mindsets) between the state and citizen – and I contrast it to my post ‘Common law vs. civil law‘.  To further demonstrate the difference in attitudes, I also mention by ‘Tax cut’ vs. ‘tax rebate’  post.