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[–] sturmblast -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not saying that it can't be a problem for some people but again that's the cost of freedom people are allowed to make their own choices with what they purchase and what they do. if you don't like that you are totally free to remove yourself from the situation any which way you see fit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The freedom of one ends where it infringes on the rights of others.

[–] sturmblast 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think that applies to the scenario really

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, getting woken up several times a night (although in our case it's usually motorcycles) is an infringement of rights. So yes, it does.

[–] sturmblast 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

do you have a constitutional right to stay asleep? I highly doubt it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you have a constitutional right to drive a car? I highly doubt that

[–] sturmblast 1 points 1 year ago

that wouldn't change anything in this argument any which way you slice it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

@[email protected] did not say which rights were at issue. Sleep is proven to be essential for survival. It’s also important to livelihoods. Sleep deprivation is also a common torture tactic as well as a driving impairment worse than intoxication. Perhaps no state’s constitution covers this but some of the relevant rights are enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your suggestion is that people experiencing antisocial behaviour that affects their health and wellbeing should just move to a new house? Where the same thing can easily happen again? And that we, as a society, should do absolutely nothing else about it?

Deranged take, worthy of a 'libertarian' teenager.

[–] sturmblast 1 points 1 year ago

it's amazing how often people inject their own thoughts into your speech just to insult you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@sturmblast @median_user This is entirely obviously untrue.
(Go buy a machine gun and 200kg of Fluorine Trichloride for home)