• zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I say no. It’s like if I give a vampire permission to enter my neighbor’s house - that won’t work.

    The only difference between me and a judge is legal authority. Why should vampire magic care about the laws of man?

    • xantoxis@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Why should it care about the religion of man, then?

      For that matter, why should it care about the invitation of man?

      If there are rules a vampire must follow, and those rules can be satisfied through the agency of human beings, having been interpreted by human beings, then we have to consider what a human being means by invitation.

      If a 4-year-old invites a vampire into his parents’ house, does that count? It’s not his house, either. If you think that a vampire can enter on the invitation of a 4-year-old then you must concede that people other than the owner can invite someone in. If you think that invitation is not valid, then you must concede that a vampire respects a hierarchy of rights.

      I think that the state asserts a right to invite other people into your house which supersedes your right to prevent them. We call that overriding invitation a warrant.