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Your example is flawed for the following reason:

The child's right to scream ends where my right to peacefully exist in a public space begins. The child's act of screaming directly in my ear clearly violates my right and is thus intolerant of it.



Hmm, yes, you're right. Thanks for the example. Perhaps further arguments could be made about what constitutes peace among individuals and what infringes on those definitions.

I believe we see scenarios today in which one's definition of peace infringes on another's.


I would say this example is also flawed because children scream in public all the time. It's just... reality. Kids scream sometimes for any number of good or not good reasons and making the parent feel even shittier than they already do about disturbing everyone around them isn't going to solve anything.


> I would say this example is also flawed because ...

1. I do not present any "example". I present only a fact within the parent's example.

2. None of the reasons you cite in the continuation invalidate my claims. "Accept the reality" does not erase anyone's rights.

> ... and making the parent feel even shittier than they already do ...

I do not see where I said anything remotely related to making any child's parent feel anything


I think you misunderstood, I was agreeing with you and expanding on your point. Not arguing.




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