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Old 29th November 2008, 12:55 AM   #111 (permalink)
Cadfan
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Xechnao- Are you kidding me?

Look, slavery is illegal, right? Fundamental rights, unconstitutional, and all that? And yet you can contract to oblige yourself to have to work for someone.

Being forced to attend religious services you don't agree with is illegal, right? Same with being forced to swear belief in a religious you don't believe in? Another fundamental right, unconstitutional, etc? And yet you can contract to be an organist in a church, or even a minister, obliging you to attend that church and swear the religious oaths it demands.

Fundamental rights are things that no one can MAKE you give up. You can CHOOSE to give them up all you want!* Contracts are things you enter into voluntarily with other private citizens. They are not, generally speaking, compulsion. They don't even force you to follow them- you're allowed to breach a contract! Sometimes the law even encourages you to breach a contract! You just might have to pay a fee as a result of that choice.

*Ok, not ALL you want. There are a few exceptions, such as genuinely exploitive situations (company towns, etc). Trust me, these don't apply here.
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