Eric,
That is a very helpful point you are making. Claiming “No rights” is an overused and miss-used short cut. On Tuesday night we were having a rules discussion at the bars end and the "no rights" statement came up. And I started to respond they have the right to not be collided with, so although they are in the wrong they still have at least one "right" or entitlement. It would not have helped. At least Mast-abeam didn’t come up, we are making progress…