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To: yadent

lol.

Such an obvious question. You never saw my FR page, I guess.

There is a huge difference between liberty and license and Liberdopians have totally forgotten it

Who owns the body of the guy driving 120mph on highway?

If you do not think there are and should be limits then you are insane.


27 posted on 02/25/2013 3:46:11 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL

So, where does that Power come from? The Fed is (supposed) limited to A1S8, I’ll presume here it’s a State issue?

We survived 150+ years w/out 99% of the ‘Laws’ we have today, but you believe, somehow, what we have today is Freedom/Liberty? License is easy to define = permission from gov’t to do what would otherwise be unlawful.

When one can dictate to another, through the force of Law, one becomes a slave and no longer Free, the former, master.

You bring up the tired cliche about driving....how does the Law work today? Well enough, with bans on alcohol, eating food, texting, etc.

It seems Coulter is quite content we are no longer a Constitutional Republic, as long as her side are the Fascist ‘in control’.


35 posted on 02/25/2013 4:04:26 PM PST by i_robot73 (We hold that all individuals have the Right to exercise sole dominion over their own lives - LP.org)
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To: GeronL
Who owns the body of the guy driving 120mph on highway? If you do not think there are and should be limits then you are insane.

The State's only legitimate function is to protect freedom and adjudicate and punish those who infringe on an individual's freedom; I don't think I've heard a principled libertarian argue against a speed limit. Or even laws prohibiting intoxicated driving. People own their own body, but as I own mine, others don't have the right to put my body under undue risk of their behavior.

46 posted on 02/25/2013 4:28:31 PM PST by JTHomes (28th: Congress shall make no law respecting economics , or prohibiting the free exercise of markets)
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To: GeronL

So your answer is that you don’t fully own your body but have allowed others to select what your limits are? Who’s then setting the limits, neighbors? A select committee of like minded ‘smart’ people? A democratic majority? A person doing 120mph on an empty highway is a threat only to himself and as such that person should solely bear the consequences of his actions. With others on the highway that person then infringes on their right to life then limits/’license’ on that person’s liberty come into play. There should be no limits on what I choose to do with my own body as long as I bear the full consequences of my choices.....in a free society YOU nor anyone else should have a say in how I treat myself. Here Coulter has a point, if I can’t pay then I shouldn’t play else society has license on my body.


47 posted on 02/25/2013 4:28:54 PM PST by yadent
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