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Entry: Pagans are devout; Straussians not so much Link: http://www.takimag.com/sniperstower/article/pagans_are_devout_straussians_not_so_much#23286 Post contents: "I agree with Burke that obviously when rights are also a particular culture’s tradition and patrimony, they are obviously more secure. That doesn’t make them any less universal." No, no. You mistake patrimony for rights. What we think of as rights are concessions extracted from the Crown from the Magna Carta to Independence. Being the right winger that I am, I question severely how applicable how American-style "rights" translate cross-culturally. The Singaporeans seem not to want them, so are you going to condemn them? Sent at: 2008 11 23