I just spent a lot of time writing up a post, and it got eaten, so fuck you, answer my questions, because I've done a lot of work and all I get is more questions.

• What is a right?
• What is the purpose of calling something a right?
• Do rights imply duties?
• Do PC rights imply duties on NPCs?
• Do PC rights imply duties on PCs?
• Do PC rights imply duties on players?
• Do PC rights imply duties on the MC?
• Do NPCs have rights?
• If so, do they imply duties on PCs? on players? on the MC?
• Do players have rights?
• Does the MC have rights?
• Do non-players have rights?
• Do rights imply duties on nonplayers?
• Are there universal/status rights?
• If so, can PCs claim implicit rights
• Do rights have a accompanying social support systems?
• If so, are they different for each right? For each domain?
• Why use an intricate rights framework in a setting that, historically, did not organize itself under the concept of rights?
• How would you describe a exemplary historical Dark Ages society in terms of rights?
• Does a right imply a character or player against whom to claim the right?
• Do characters without an explicit right lack an implicit right?
• Is a rights framework appropriate for the rules of a game? Of a role-playing game? Of a collaborative role-playing game?

There were more questions and even some justifications and arguments, but they got eaten, and I'm not typing them up again until I've got something to argue against other than my own questions. I will say, though, that I'm not making a distinction between rights in the game and rights outside of the game, because I feel that the game text is fuzzy on that too.