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

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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.