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Originally Posted by Reaper
Please give me an example of where two seperate person's rights are in direct conflict where one of them has to be denied their civil right for the sake of the other person's civil right.
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How about a good recent example:
Election gag laws restrict my ability to report on, or find, regional election results based on the theory that such reporting will infringe on the democratic rights of people whose polls are still open. Similar restrictions on third-party advertising for elections, with the same rationale.
Clear-cut case of two diametrically-opposed Charter rights, for which the "powers that be" have chosen that the freedom of expression is less important that said democratic rights.
Even Charter rights are not absolute, and somebody has to interpret the grey areas.