The other day someone living in the neighborhood came up to the initiator of the neutral-inclusive Norm. This person began to tell 'im that 'e had made the aquaintance of a strange foreigner who could not pronounce the r, not even when followed by a vowel. The acquaintance had wanted to talk about the recognition of rights in 'er own country and elsewhere but would constantly replace the r with an l. Thus, 'e would say "lights" instead of "rights", and when 'e said |LAWNG|, you did not know whether 'e meant long or wrong. The neighbor, a native speaker of This Language 'imself, laughed and asked the initiator how on earth one could ever discuss an issue such as the question of personal rights with someone who was not able to distinguish between the sound |R| and the sound |L|.

Without a moment's hesitation the initiator replied: "Your acquaintance can talk about personal rights perfectly well. It's up to you whether you consider the time it needs long or wrong, that is, longer than usual or too long. But it's not up to you that the rights of persons are, indeed, the lights of persons and that the right to personhood is the light to personhood."

Baffled, with eyes wide open, the neighbor looked at 'im. And this is how the enlightening answer was explained:

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